8/31/2009

Supersocialist

Back in 1952, the Man of Steel appeared in an issue of the comic book The Adventures of Bob Hope, urging us to "hop on the welfare wagon" and support health care for all because it's good for everyone:

If that comic were published today, not only would Glenn Beck et al rant that Superman's "S" insignia stands for "Socialist," he would be accused of being an America-hating Marxist and hounded for his Smallville birth certificate to boot.

We're all in this together. Making sure we as a nation are as healthy as possible makes us more productive, meaning we get a better economy and a better quality of life for everyone. We knew it even at the height of McCarthyism and the Red Scare, so why is it so hard to realize now?

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