Originally posted by DYNAMITE
*Clears throat* I hate to tell you buddy, but you live in a socialist state. "Pure capitalism" cannot survive. There is no way around it. To believe otherwise is folly.
Socialism is why we have the Fed to regulate interest rates so we avoid inflation... socialism is why we have tarrifs to protect native industry... socialism is why we have farm subsidies to keep America's family run farms operating... socialism is why we have Unions and living wages... socialism is why you have more than a snowball's chance in hell to work for a company with your name on it rather than Rockefeller, Geddy, or Carnegie's.
Unchecked capitalism simply cannot exist... it is a fire that consumes all resources until it extinguishes itself after burning all of the oxygen out of the room.
Perhaps you are like the many other people who frequent these boards who don't know the difference between Socialism and Communism?
I hate to tell you Dynamite, but regulated capitalism isn't the same as socialism, and just because we have a social "safety net" doesn't make the US a socialist country.
Also - I think hillary-care is a little closer to classical stalinist health-care than it is to a moderate socialist system. Governments that tell people where they will work, what they will work on, what they will get paid for it, and if you do otherwise we will put you in jail are perhaps more "national socialist" than socialist
In any event, putting a government bureaucracy in charge of the health care system isn't going to "fix" anything. If you think insurance company bureaucrats are bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
EagleDNY
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