Police departments, fire departments, medicaid, medicare, social security, NOAA are all socialized programs. The American people don't understand what socialism is. It's a tool used by the republicans to get votes, and it works tremendously. As soon as the word socialism is brought up, peoples minds think of Putin and Kim Jon(communism), but it is nothing of the sort. For instance, I believe medical insurance is a human right and it should not be tied to a job that is "at will" employment that can fire you tomorrow and you lose it. We should never have the fear that we're one bad day away from bankruptcy.