> Gel wrote: > " CARACAS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave > initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez powers to > rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through > nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution. >
Sorry Gel, I know you wanted to believe the best of him and the best of socialism. The irony is that he's just being a radical capitalist: creating rules for himself to profit while locking others out of the market. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and socialism is, by definition, begun with good intentions. As imperfect as it is, regulated democratic capitalism is the best and only way to guarantee the most for the most. Government's only roles should be: 1.) Protect the state and rule of law. 2.) Ensure egalitarian business environment. 3.) Educate and empower citizens to make good choices. The rest is up to the individual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
