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I think its a form of socialism...especially when such a seemingly large percentage of income comes from subsidies.
I’m betting that the wealth disparity during the Great Depression was wider than it is now, but I don’t have any statistics at my fingertips to confirm that. I’ll have to study it further.
Is ACA socialism? It's been brougjt forward in this thread as an example of socialism that is destroyng America (page 3 I believe)
Also this is simply not true. Had Warren, Bernie and AOC been around in the 30s, they would have identified with Norman Thomas, the socialist. They would have rejected FDR as too much for the status quo, like they do Biden.
I think it's impossible to say how Warren, Bernie and AOC would have felt if they grew up during that time.
I would have thought the same but I think we would be wrong. Here is an interesting article on income inequality. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/110215/brief-history-income-inequality-united-states.asp
This is only because the invisible hand is worshiped as a (if not "the") god!
Well, they are two different things. The right, as well as neo-libs, like to conflate the two when it suits them.
While I don't think it mentions it, it is pretty much an argument for UBI. The UBI will create capitalist out of welfare recipients with with more capitalism being a driver to pay for the UBI.
I'd argue that we could cut the military budget by 50% and not miss a beat when it comes to what we get from the military.
Awesome. I'm eager to see how this could be done. Please provide us with a proposed new military budget by category.
It would start a little like this. And, then evaluate why so much is spent on weaponry, since the money is not spent on personnel. A little audit of the military spending would do this country a good thing. And, while it's three years old... why do we keep spending more and more money on military when we have been in the longest peace time... ever? Invest this money into our kids, infrastructure, future, and we'll be good.
My bad. Your first link was some sort of SNL clip and so I didn't bother with the others.
That's the problem. Any significant cut to the military will involve the loss of thousands of jobs that we as a society simply cannot afford. In my local area, Long Beach continues to rely on Boeing, with all those government contracts. In Burbank you've got Lockheed. And the list goes on. You take those contracts away, and it doesn't just affect those jobs, it affects the entire local economy.
Not quite that simple.
President Trump: "We're signing a monster. A big, beautiful monster. Forty to fifty billion dollars to our farmers. Our farmers will be taken in, I keep saying go buy larger tractors."
I've read Rand Paul's book of the same title. It walked a line between actual socialism (which we all agree isn't a good idea in this country) and labeling programs like the fire department, police department the same thing. Paul Ryan has one to? Of all people, he's the last one that should be writing this stuff given his track record.
I read it and it just reaffirms how much Kool-Aid the Republican Party has been giving to their backers. Jim Jones is in awe of the following. The Catholic Church wishes they could have this kind of following again.
what? Pocahontas? Is that a known no no? Honest question. Trump actually used the exact same reference in his global press conference on Thursday.
Considering socialism's longstanding principle is non-intervention abroad and anti-militarism, what are your thoughts in Rand Paul's support for the war powers resolution severely restricting Trump's power to act against Iran?
I'm generally anti-intervention to an extent and the opposite of socialism so you can believe in both.
I didn't click the link. Roll your eyes as you wish. In two separate posts you said Paul Ryan, so I asked the question. Rand's book I've read. Is there anything in it specifically that you found compelling?
Obviously meant Rand Paul...given I provided a link to the book.
Yeah, the problem with you Socialists is you want people to think that "Democratic Socialism" is not Socialism. It is. Not only is "Socialism" in the word itself, the fact that the word "Democratic" is in front of it is only a smoke screen to try and trick people into thinking it's something other than, y'know, Socialism. The Jim Jones analogy is great - because it really applies to you guys trying to sell this. All you need is for it to get a foothold here and then you can remove the word "Democratic" and drop all pretenses. We know the game.
Meh. It's more absurd and ironic than anything else. I've seen his posts on AOC and he is clearly in that camp himself despite claiming it's other people.
Yes, it is indeed a sad state when we can't even use the childish nicknes that our very own president uses on a daily basis. I applaud Joe for having higher standards.
Does this include calling other posters "Jim Jones" like cultists? I would love to see you admonish those posters as well in another post.
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