The Socialist Tide Seeks to Plunder a Country Forgetful of God

The bill is coming due, and if we don't stop them, it will be our children and our grandchildren who pay the ultimate price;

Douglas V. Gibbs , Bio and Archives--August 11, 2026

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There's an old song from a simpler time, a vaudeville tune that got a laugh from a contradiction: "Yes, We Have No Bananas." It was funny because it was absurd. Today, that same joke is back, but it's not wearing a comedy costume. It's wearing a suit and carrying a government clipboard, and the laugh it's getting is from the devil himself. The contradiction is the promise of a socialist paradise in a world where, as the American Thinker so aptly put it, "The numbers have no political affiliation."

Who pays?  Grocery stores run on pennies, not mountains of cash

The surge of candidates from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) isn't some quirky political phase; it is a full-scale assault on the very foundations of American exceptionalism, God-given rights, Jeffersonian/Lockean liberty, and economic reality. From the halls of New York City to the heartland of Michigan, a movement that fundamentally denies our God-given rights is methodically laying the groundwork to seize power, not by the ballot alone, but by purging the institutions that made this Union of States great.

Let's start with the simple things, like a gallon of milk. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a proud socialist, promises government-run grocery stores with prices slashed by 30 percent. It sounds wonderful until you ask the one question politics despises: Who pays? As the American Thinker explains, grocery stores run on pennies, not mountains of cash. A 30 percent discount doesn't vanish; it's absorbed. And who absorbs it? You, the taxpayer. It's the oldest trick in the socialist playbook: the fruit is cheaper at the stand because the bill has been moved to your back pocket where you aren't looking.

We've seen this movie before, and it always ends in tragedy. The article points to Baldwin, Florida, whose admirable attempt to run a municipal grocery store collapsed because a small government store can't compete with the efficiency........

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