You're right, most industry in the U.S. is in private hands. However with Obama's ideas about the government bringing faster internet and infrastructure, and the senate making noise about nationalizing the oil refineries, we aren't far from real socialism.
G Money wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sticks and stones. >> >> Obama is the most liberal member of the Senate. He supports higher >> taxes in all sorts of areas- taxes which are designed to massively >> re-distribute incomes from the top to the bottom of the economic >> ladder, as if the people at the top don't already pay the vast >> majority of federal taxes in the US. That is socialism, plain and >> simple. >> > > No, that is an ASPECT of Socialism. That's like saying an oak tree is a dog > because it has bark. > > There are many other aspects that make up socialism that are not employed by > the US system. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264433 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
