The Cost of Free: Chris Talgo Discusses Socialism, Spending, and Economic Reality

You know, Chris, you think about the way the good Lord set it up.

You can get what you want to, but you go work for it.

That's simple, it's a simple, it's a simple concept here in America.

You can have anything you want, Chri- if you want a Porsche, if you want a condo somewhere beside your house, you can have it.

Go to work, earn it, and you can go do anything you want to.

And, and that's the part that I think we, we kind of forget.

Let me ask you a question.

Since you a schoolteacher, and I didn't know that, uh, don't you think in our schools we ought to be teaching that capitalism is far superior? Not perfect, got a lot of problems, but socialism, Marxism, communism is a hateful way to run a country and a community.

Shouldn't we be teaching it-

Well, I-

... from kindergarten all the way through to universities?

I, I, I wish that all public schools took that approach of framing socialism as not only can it not work, but it's anti-human nature and it's evil.

It's all based on stealing.

It's all based on a zero-sum game.

Um- Fortunately, states like Florida, they just passed a new law a couple years ago that mandates that states teach the truth about socialism, starting in grade six all the way up through-

Good

... high school.

Uh, that is a huge step in the right direction.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

We gotta get more states on board.

Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying.

I think this ought to be mandatory in every school in the country, and really when they get to the universities.

Woo, 'cause that's where the...

That's where it really goes south.

You know, Chris, you think about the way the good Lord set it up.

You can get what you want to, but you go work for it.

That's simple, it's a simple, it's a simple concept here in America.

You can have anything you want, Chri- if you want a Porsche, if you want a condo somewhere beside your house, you can have it.

Go to work, earn it, and you can go do anything you want to.

And, and that's the part that I think we, we kind of forget.

Let me ask you a question.

Since you a schoolteacher, and I didn't know that, uh, don't you think in our schools we ought to be teaching that capitalism is far superior? Not perfect, got a lot of problems, but socialism, Marxism, communism is a hateful way to run a country and a community.

Shouldn't we be teaching it-

Well, I-

... from kindergarten all the way through to universities?

I, I, I wish that all public schools took that approach of framing socialism as not only can it not work, but it's anti-human nature and it's evil.

It's all based on stealing.

It's all based on a zero-sum game.

Um- Fortunately, states like Florida, they just passed a new law a couple years ago that mandates that states teach the truth about socialism, starting in grade six all the way up through-

Good

... high school.

Uh, that is a huge step in the right direction.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

We gotta get more states on board.

Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying.

I think this ought to be mandatory in every school in the country, and really when they get to the universities.

Woo, 'cause that's where the...

That's where it really goes south.