Please detail his 'socialist ideas' then correlate them to the definition of socialism....please.
Okay, Let's define socialism. Socialism refers to theories of economic organization advocating state, worker or public ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation.
[Here is where Obama wants the STATE (federal govt) to own and allocate healthcare - through his 'public option.']
Socialists advocate the creation of a society that allows for the
widespread application of modern technology to rationalize economic activity by eliminating the anarchy in production of capitalism.
The part in bold references Obama's 'redistribution of wealth' ideas, which he has states on camera, so don't lie and tell me that I am making that up or 'reading into it. He used that exact term. Also, if the state runs health care, it will have to be RATIONED, because everyone cannot have unlimited access to doctors, etc, because health care is not an unlimited commodity.
When the government owns it, and decides how much each person can get, regardless of "how much they contribute," then it is SOCIALISM.
How about this for a new idea. When you pay your taxes, you are given a "Priority Number" based on how much taxes you pay. The more you pay, you get a premium on your health care service. Therefore, if I pay 37K a year in taxes, I don't have to wait to see my doctor for a sore throat, but someone who pays ZERO in taxes or who is on the GOVERNMENT DOLE can wait, because they have not contributed at all. I think that is a great system, that way the people who PAY the majority of taxes in this country don't feel FUCKED when they have to pay for a system that they will likely never use because they can afford health care insurance on their own, no matter what the cost.
Also, with socialized medicine, the middle class gets screwed over. Here's why.
1. Middle class family making 40K a year. Can use government public option, but will have to wait for days and days to see a doctor, and heaven forbid if they get sick. Why do they have to wait? The resource is limited. So, they scrimp and save and buy private insurance to bypass the second-rate health care. They suffer because they pay for both systems, because they want access to good health care in a timely fashion.
2. The Rich people. They could care less, they will continue to have their personal doctors and ironclad insurance plans, and are happy to pay for them, as they afford them with ease.
3. The lower/welfare class. They are rejoicing because they get another benefit for free, and easier access to health care. They pay nothing.
So, in this scenario, who gets screwed? Yes, the middle class, who ends up paying for their own, and for all of the lower class as well.
If you don't think this would happen, and that the middle class would just use the public option, then public schools would not exist. Parents of the middle class scrimp and save to send their kids to private schools, because in many areas the public schools are atrocious. Sure, they are free, but these parents care about their kid's education. The same thing will happen with healthcare.