Yes, Little Hawk, the right does demonize socialism because they don't know what it is. Modern leftists demonize the kibbutz experience for the same reason. Besides, in today's leftist party line, kibbutz=Jewish=oppressors so how can anything Jewish be OK?
I believe that national health should be as available as national security, and for the same reason. Not even the most rigid rightists would end public education, fire protection, postal service or road maintainence. Just about everyone benefits from Social Security and Medicare and any politician who ran against these benefits would lose in a rout. Americans have spoken in the voting booths and, if they didn't vote our way, maybe, it's time to re-examine the message.
It's easy to throw bricks at America and capitalism but. as long as the American people support it, that's the way it's gonna be.
And, insulting the populace by calling them dupes doesn't seem to draw them to the liberal vision