Commentary
On Feb. 2, the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 9—a resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism.” The vote was 327–86 with every Republican and 109 Democrats in favor. Are you feeling safer now? Less threatened? Less worried about the direction of Uncle Sam’s Big Government policies? Of course not. The vote was symbolic. It was an attempt by Republicans to make their Democratic/progressive/socialist colleagues squirm a little. But don’t expect it to change how any members of Congress vote on upcoming proposals.
What can we make of the fact that 86 Democratic members of Congress voted against a denunciation of socialism? Those of us citizens who, like Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) who sponsored the resolution and most of those who voted for the resolution, understand and acknowledge how destructive socialism has been may be tempted to ask a simple question: Are those representatives who refrained from condemning socialism ignorant or evil? Are they somehow blind to the overwhelmingly voluminous historical evidence of socialism’s grim and deadly consequences? Or do they callously believe that the end justifies the means and, in the spirit of Robespierre, that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet?…