You're correct. Most in the US hate the term "socialism". Even though
most don't have a clue as to what it really is. The US is already
mostly a socialist society. Try living without your police force, fire
fighters, public hospitals, sewer systems, irrigation, etc. The list
just goes on and on.
Regulation is in itself socialization. And it's just what we needed
to keep us out of the mess we're in. Thank you Mr. Bush.
Jeff M
On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:41 PM, John Emmerling wrote:
Having just read the entire "Joe the Plumber" quote for the first
time, the
impression I get is he was saying that the economy functions best
when there
is prosperity at all levels.
However, the phrase "spread the wealth around", when taken out of
context,
does sound like socialism (which we in the US disdain). I'm sure
Mr. Obama
regretted that choice of words. However, it didn't matter much in
the end.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Jeff Miles <jmile...@charter.net>
wrote:
And if he is using the tax code for wealth redistribution, I
think
that's a good thing. And it's about God damn time! The extremely
wealthy
wouldn't be wealthy if it weren't for the rest of us. But like I said
earlier, history has a tendency to repeat itself. And I doubt that
will ever
really change.
*************************************************************************
** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,
privacy **
** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://
www.cguys.org/ **
*************************************************************************
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
- Elbert Hubbard
*************************************************************************
** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **
** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **
*************************************************************************
