DrHarleyboy, None of them has said it is, and not one of them has proposed the government be the chief provider of goods and services in America. Your Social Security system on the the other hand is a program which you yourself support. https://www.forbes.com/sites/catherineschnaubelt/2018/05/30/social-security-past-present-and-future/#7f3522d059ab Police, firefighters, subsidy to industry, public libraries, Medicare... Do you really need a longer list?