Jon Stewart: Socialism is Awesome

Rory Cooper / April 23, 2009

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Last night’s agenda on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart was: Socialism is awesome!

As more and more Americans worry about the growth of government in their lives here in the U.S., the Daily Show travelled to Sweden to put those worries to rest. They wanted to show us that we should embrace Socialism rather than fear it. Well, by playing fast and loose with the facts, as usual, we fear even one person believed their nonsense.

So yes, while the Daily Show is very astute to notice that President Obama is embracing a regulated labor force, high taxes, nationalized medicine, increased welfare and an economy built around government spending; they missed the point that Sweden is desperately trying to turn the opposite direction.

Here are some things they didn’t tell you about Sweden… (more…)