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- freedomjoe, on 02/24/2009, -1/+21Excellent points!
- sarahlee, on 02/25/2009, -1/+14Great piece - thanks for posting it.
- SteffenfromEU, on 02/25/2009, -2/+13Thanks the post is well and well for this time of crisis now, a lot of crisis were still in starting blocks.
If you want call it Socialism it's the question to define it, what are you understanding is it this you are speaking shall be Socialism. Some people could write about welfare state too. But maybe it has more to do with the problem that a lot of companies can only plan and think for own future and not for future of country. They are too small or now have own special interests of globalism in having parts the company overseas. So it's important to have things in hand of country must be working in interest of country and not for some special interests! - Yes we can! - inactive, on 02/25/2009, -1/+5Socialism is as American as apple pie. Always has been, always will.
What, you thought all that "We The People" talk in the Constitution was just for show? - JoeParanoid, on 02/25/2009, -0/+3Socialism is when the means of production are in the hands of the workers. This is simply the response to the internal contradictions of capitalism, as is any legislation developed to protect the public. Back when such services were in private hands, you had disasters like competing privately held fire departments debating who was responsible to put out a blaze (kinda like the way insurance companies take months to decide what to cover). Over time, voters saw the benefit of basic services being centralized and run for public, not private, benefit. But we forget what prompted the laws in the first place and can be easily convinced that it's some kind of rip-off better handled by the pirates, er, private sector who did such a poor job back when everything was privatized.
- THETEH, on 02/25/2009, -0/+3America has always balanced elements of socialism with elements of capitalism. The people who keep digging "OBAMA'S A MARXIST!!" every three seconds don't seem to acknowledge that.
- inactive, on 02/25/2009, -0/+1throughout us history, nationalization in it's worst form has often been reversed once it's desired effects have run the course. republicans right now are screaming bloody murder because they a) feel really ***** guilty, and b) it's what they always do when scared of losing control of the main branch. actually, they're always scared, purposely or inadvertantly spreading the fear around like an unfounded catty rumor. i see most of their side of the story on the issues, it's just their approach and spin-tactics that are appalling. unfortunately, the sensible ones are largely ignored by the party.
- RonPauls, on 02/25/2009, -2/+1statist liberal canard
less than 1% of taxes pay for those things
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