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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Taxpayer funding for public roads is specifically listed in the Constitution. See 'postal roads'

The problem with democratic socialism is that it DOES put restrictions on freedom. So while you can own private property, it will be in a much more restrictive format.

Take for example, the initiative in Portland a while back to control people's thermostats in their private homes. You can control your heat/air, until we, the government, determine that you are outside our set parameters then WE control it for you.

Another example would be if we the government, determine that builders can only build in planned work/residential communities and you cannot own more than X amount of land. [/quote]

So you are saying that the US Constitution is socialist? Just wait until the Trumpsters find out. Setting thermostat temperatures has nothing to do with socialism. Do you even know what socialism is? If you believe that zoning laws are socialist, then you've already lost the battle against socialism. That horse is well out of the gate.
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Your line of thought is off. The Constitution is not a charter of negative liberties. It's a legal document that tells the people where the Feds will spend their tax dollars and dictates Federal law. Anything not covered in the Constitution is left to the state/local governments.

Miriam Webster:

Definition of socialism

1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work don[/quote]

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