In FDR's ruling years,
Some, in the country, had reacted
With alarm, and spreading fear:
“Socialism,” they loudly chanted,
“It will destroy our cherished ways!”
And they vowed they would dismantle
The new statutes, come what may.
Then, when LBJ prevailed
And established Medicare,
“Socialism,” some gents wailed,
And repeated the old scare.
Now that these programs are there,
And hailed, as they surely should,
Politicians do not dare
To call them anything but good.
But against Obamacare are shrill
Voices, like we heard in the past,
“Socialism! We must repeal
It, or forever it will last!”
Why can't politicians learn
That what they decry as worst,
If people's welfare it concerns,
It will be cherished and endorsed?...