This is in response to a letter to the editor that appeared in the Friday, January 31, 2025, edition of the Telegraph Herald. The letter was titled “You just might be a socialist”. I respond only to address two items. First, reference is to made to the following quote: “from each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs.” This is said to be a Christian ethos. In fact, it is a quote from the writings of Karl Marx, one of the founders of socialism.