Forget Venezuela, Look at California

Critics of Socialism regularly bring up Venezuela as the poster child for what is wrong with that economic system. It may be one of the best examples of a centralized, government run economy, but we don’t have to travel that far for a reasonable substitute. California is now front and center with why socialist policies and programs don’t work. As the state burns and casts blame on a private company that is highly regulated, you would do well to see how a single party run state handles the crisis.

Homelessness abounds and housing is lacking. Restrictive rules on where and how to build residences have come home to roost. People regularly commute 3 hours one way to work. Dictates by the government and the appointed Public Utility Commission that runs utilities, have led to more money being spent on solar panels than updating equipment that can cause fires. How does the Democratically run state respond? It doubles down by suing the utility forcing it into bankruptcy and true to form, deflects any criticism of its own culpability back on a private company that did what it was told by it’s very critics. This is centralized state-run policies and programs front and center for those of you thinking socialism is the next great thing.