The Big Lie about social programs, repeatedly flaunted by business-centric thinkers, is that they are Socialism.
They are not socialism. They are social programs. There is a huge difference.
The Government of the United States does not, and has no desire to, own the means of production. It consistently encourages and admires the private ownership and development of the means of production.
Let's stop being stupid about this abuse of the word "socialism". Caring for human beings and trying to build a more perfect union is not "socialism". It's human decency, a characteristic which informed the the Founding Fathers, but seems strangely lacking in the ranks of Boehner's Boneheads.