Bill Maher: “Suddenly, socialism is not such a bad idea when you’re standing in toxic floodwater.”

The Hill ^ | 9th September 2017 | Max Greenwood

[rockinqsranch]

...”Maher sure comes across as being just plain stupid.”

Amen.

[Dr. Thorne]

It’s a real bad idea when you’re being starved to death in a gulag, a-hole.

[Billthedrill]

Empty snark from a fool. Federal disaster relief has nothing to do with socialism; in fact, it's taxes on capitalism that pay for most of it. Community volunteering has nothing to do with socialism. Personal heroism in saving one's neighbors has nothing to do with socialism.

What, exactly, Maher means by it being unfair not to pump the basements of anyone who doesn't "believe in climate science" is a little unclear. It would be helpful if he would lay out his requirements for political, religious, and social beliefs so a grateful country could know how best to deserve his approval. Apparently a belief in socialism qualifies.

[reasonisfaith]

Why would standing in toxic floodwater make the granting of absolute power to a government that might fleetingly pretend to care while mostly taking a neutral position and often perpetrating cruelty and death on its citizens seem like not such a bad idea?

[Renegade]

AZZHAT ALERT!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What an idiot. Socialism, or third party assumption of risk encourages unwarranted risk taking. No one could get a mortgage in a flood plane if the government didn’t subsidize foolish risks.

[\/\/ayne]

Can you imagine going to a grocery store that doesn’t really have any groceries? There was plenty of food in the Soviet Bloc, but the communists would rather export it than feed their own people. All you could find in stores were random canned goods, packaged ice cream, disgusting salami made with soy and the occasional chicken that was so skimpy, it could hardly be called food.

On top of that, the food was also rationed. The communists decided that Romanians only needed to consume about 2,800 calories a day, so they rationed the food accordingly. Each person was entitled to half a loaf of bread per day, a liter of oil and a kilo of sugar per month.

Members of the Communist Party never had to worry about this, since there was plenty of good food available for them. In order for us, commoners, to get some decent meat, we had to know the right people and be prepared to bribe them. The most popular barter items were foreign coffee and Kent cigarettes.

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[The_Media_never_lie]

“Suddenly, socialism is not such a bad idea when you’re standing in toxic floodwater.”

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Tell that to the people in Venezuela who have no toilet paper.

Completely does not make any sense. Was he drunk or on drugs?

[Moonman62]

“Suddenly, socialism is not such a bad idea when you’re standing in toxic floodwater.”

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How about when you’re standing in Venezuela?

[Teacher317]

Yeah, much better to watch your government murder millions of your countrymen rather than to man up and deal with a crisis as individuals. How’s Venezuela looking these days, Bill? Why don’t you relocate, since it looks so much better to you.

[jonrick46]

In this case idiot Bill Maher does not realize that with the relief effort, government is the servant of the people. Narcissist Maher wants government to be the master.

[cdcdawg]

This is an interesting point Maher is making. The feds could also round up and deport all of the illegals. “Socialism” would look pretty good then, too. Maher, confirmed globalist.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Pothead eyes.

[semaj]

It’s nice to see a rabid leftist be so open and honest about exactly what socialism//communism is in it raw form. It’s all about coercion backed up with violence. There are no freedoms or liberties unless they are granted to you by those with the power/guns.

Truly Mr. Maher is a POS leftist thug itching for the chance to boss people around.

[jonrick46]

Super hot? He looks like the spawn of Bigfoot.

Ride'em tiger!

[5th MEB]

Bill; ya ugly fookin faggot ya, the fookin feds even helped out San Francisco after the quake in 1906, where was the socialism then?

[Lee'sGhost]

They don’t “rely” on it; they take advantage of it because it’s there. BIG difference.

[angry elephant]

Considering that the major population is Hispanic and black, I would think that the tax base would be low.

Probably a lot of the Hispanics are illegals who are paying no taxes.

[Lopeover]

Like that’s a choice! I give you one just like it....you can be attacked by a jihadist or you can drink poison. Same, same!

[miss marmelstein]

Let’s see how Socialist Cuba makes out, Bill!