Democracy is a way of voting on policies. Socialism is a economic policy. If people vote for a socialist economic policy in a democratic voting system there is no conflict.
All taxation is socialist. It is fundamentally a redistribution of what you think is "your" money for things which you may or may not agree with, like parks, police and schools. And what the fuck does "deingrate" mean? No one is telling you that you can't give your money to your kid. As a source of income, they are telling your kid the rate it will be taxed, just like any other source of income. The fact that the government treats inheritance as a special form of income is a very, very polite bow to the sensibilities of the rich, not an endorsement of the philosophy of "I've got mine!". Or so I hope, in spite of Republican efforts to the contrary. judah On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it's my money, I should be able to do what I want with it. The > government telling me what I can do with it isn't democracy, it's > socialism. The government taking 40% of it in some cooked up scheme > to deingrate the rich is theft, pure and simple. > > And there is that word entitlement again. Is that the frigging word > of the year? Which bobblehead started using that one? > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I believe in a fair shake for earned income. Earned is a key word. >> Parents ought to be able to leave their kids a fair stake to start >> themselves out. Unearned riches are just that, unearned. The American >> Dream, in it's most pure incarnation, is about opportunity, not >> entitlement. Passing along piles of money to kids that never have to >> work is aristocracy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
