Maher Promotes Socialism in Closing Monologue

Real Time host Bill Maher unveiled a "new rule" towards the end of his HBO show Friday evening: "Republicans have to explain if socialism is such a one-way ticket to becoming the nightmare of Venezuela, then why do all the happiest countries in the world embrace it?"  Maher went on to talk about how the top ten happiest countries according to the UN are "socialist-friendly places." According to Maher, "the right has a hard time understanding the concept that we don't want 'long lines for bread socialism,' we want 'you don't have to win the lotto to afford brain surgery socialism.'" Maher declared that "socialism as an economic model replacing capitalism is bad but socialism as a supplement to capitalism, good." Maher proceeded to complain about how the United States performed in the "world happiness rankings" compared to other countries; implying that the United States would score higher if only it embraced socialism.