You Might Be a Communist

If you believe any of the following:

1. Inheritance should be abolished.
2. Credit should be controlled completely by the federal gov't by means of a central bank.
3. Communication and transport should be completely controlled by the gov't.
4. From each according to ability to each according to need.
5. The free market system is just a collection of greedy individuals.
6. A right to work
7. A right to rest and leisure.
8. A right to health care. 
9. A right to housing.

Actually if you believe most of the following you are most definitely a Communist. Beliefs 5, 8, and maybe 9 resonates with the far-Left. The Left may believe #1. They definitely don't want to reduce the inheritance tax. The rights 6 through 9 by the way are taken directly from the Soviet constitution.  

As for belief #2, we do have the Federal Reserve in America. That is like a central bank. It does control different kinds of banking rates. 

The right to work sounds like a nice idea doesn't it? But the USSR made you work. I mean if you did not work you were considered a parasite to the mother land and were punished. The gov't gave you tests to find out the best job for you in society and then assigned you to that job. Your personal needs or wants did not matter. That's where "from each according to ability to each according to need" is all about. Still think it sounds neat? 

One final note, Karl Marx the father of the Soviet constitution, wanted a heavy graduated income tax (does that sound familiar?) and free education for school children. Of course the free education was more like brainwashing.