Socialist, Communist, Redistributor ... adjectives fit for Obama or did America just go crazy?

Dear all,

It really disturbs me to see the mess that the eagerly awaited health care reform is provoking in America.

I think this fact is also disturbing for every single european who is accustomed to a vast healthcare service that provides for every single citizen regardless of their income, so that no one is denied access to medical treatment whenever ill.

Things that we take for granted in Europe such as State financed healthcare, State guaranteed retirement pensions and widespread maternity leaves are nothing more than mirages in the American political panorama and labor scenario. So, when someone tries to implement some changes that will make America a better place to live in with extended workers' rights, how does the public react? ... They start to call their President a socialist, a communist and a redistributor! Yeah ... right ... whatever!!!

If this is so, then, to my amazement and complete unawareness, countries like Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands and Germany are socialist regimes. Probably the European Union should better change its name to Union of European Socialist Nations instead. Ridiculous, to say the least ...

So, my main question is ... are Americans that shortsighted, or are they simply too selfish to allow their taxes to be used for the benefit of their neighbor and fellow citizen? Can it be that they are so simpleminded to believe the doomsday alerts given by the insurance companies? If this was true, then all European insurance companies would be bankrupted and there would be no healthcare insurances in Europe whatsoever.

The system Obama is willing to implement is the very same that exists in Europe, which roughly means that if you have enough income then you can support an insured healthcare program that will open you the doors of private and more efficient medical services, but if you do not have sufficient income then you can always rely on a nearly free but less attentive and less efficient service. If this is to be socialist, then hail to Hegel, Marx and Engels, for I am a strayed socialist who has just found his way.

I beg to all fellow americans to study a bit of European social-democracy as well as the list of social services guaranteed to its citizens by the several european states. You'll see that Obama is just trying to fill an enormous welfare gap that prevails in American society, so to better approach it to Canadian, European and Australian standards. Don't follow the Republican propaganda and especially do not pay too much attention to what insurance companies are saying ... simply ask them how they survive elsewhere.

May the American welfare program be retrieved from the mists of indecency so to finally see the light of day, for the sake of tens of millions of underprivileged americans.