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| QuirtEvans | Feb 14 2009, 06:56 AM Post #26 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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The biggest socialist shift in history was probably the New Deal ... but second was proposed last October by Hank Paulson and George Bush. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 06:59 AM Post #27 |
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They knew that if the public had had enough time to learn what is in it, they would have had a fit. But this is how the There isn't a leader in the bunch. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:03 AM Post #28 |
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Cheers
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Yeah, you're right Larry. The republicans didn't do this, for example, with Medicare part D. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:04 AM Post #29 |
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Which, by the way, was a much, much larger liability than this bill. |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 07:05 AM Post #30 |
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The New Deal pales in comparison to this. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:08 AM Post #31 |
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Cheers
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The biggest socialist shift in the history of the country was when the Federal Government commandeered the industrial base for war production. |
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| JBryan | Feb 14 2009, 07:08 AM Post #32 |
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I thought that was apalling as well. A huge long term increase in non-discretionary spending just to pick up more votes with seniors. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 07:09 AM Post #33 |
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I don't see how that could be considered socialism. |
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| TomK | Feb 14 2009, 07:10 AM Post #34 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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But they gave it back. I don't think Obama and his cronies are going to do the same. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:11 AM Post #35 |
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Whats funny JB is that somehow Bush was able to maintain the image of the president who didn't let polls and politics guide his opinions. And whereas that was true when it came to foreign policy, he completely ceded domestic policy to his political advisors the moment he took office. |
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| JBryan | Feb 14 2009, 07:13 AM Post #36 |
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The steel tariff would be another good example. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:16 AM Post #37 |
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I suspect its because you use warped logic. Your logic seems to go like this: 1) Socialism is bad. 2) The US effort in WW-II was good. 3) A substantial part of the US effort in WW-II consisted of commandeering the economy for war production. 4) Therefore, commandeering the economy for war production was not socialism. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:17 AM Post #38 |
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I think its similar logic behind the 'its pork, ergo its not stimulative' fallacy. (or 'its a transfer payment, therefore its not stimulative'. |
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| Quidam2 | Feb 14 2009, 07:18 AM Post #39 |
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Maybe this needs another thread, but why do many people condemn socialism so strongly? It's like "socialist" is a synonym for "bad and unamerican" and demands no further explanation or elaboration. So I guess I'm just asking for elaboration. I'm currently withholding opinion on the matter. Socialism might very well be a terrible idea, but I don't want to dismiss it as such outright. I'd be interested to know why people hold the opinions that they do on this point. |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 07:29 AM Post #40 |
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No, you're the one applying warped logic. It is the job of government to protect its citizens. WWII had to be fought. To do it, the government had to commandeer the economy - temporarily. Actually, even that is a misrepresentation of what they did. Piano factories for example, switched to building things made using wood. But the piano factory remained in the hands of its owners. What Obama and the democrats are doing isn't comparable to what happened during WWII - and it is *not* temporary. |
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| TomK | Feb 14 2009, 07:30 AM Post #41 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Nothing is wrong with Socialism per se, but it's not what we as Americans has signed on for in our government. The American system is based on limited capitalism with a democratic form of representation. Socialism implies not only redistribution of income, so money I make could go directly to support people I don't know (not just for community projects in whose benefit we all share) but also it calls for the public ownership of the means of production--which stifles competition and initiative. Two government run business aren' going to compete like two independently owned businesses. Socialism also for some reason (as in the USSR, China, Cuba, etc.) leads to a dictatorship of a dictator--not of the people. Now, if people of some country want that system--that certainly should be their choice, but it's not what we opted for here in the United States. |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 07:30 AM Post #42 |
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Find a socialist system that has worked. |
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| JBryan | Feb 14 2009, 07:31 AM Post #43 |
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Similar to the fallacy that it spends money so it is stimulative. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:33 AM Post #44 |
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It was a socialist surge that was later reversed but it was still a socialist surge. The factors of production were more-or-less completely placed under control of the government. That is socialism. By the way - your argument there about it being necessary - it seems like you're continuing the fallacious reasoning I outlined above. |
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| Larry | Feb 14 2009, 07:36 AM Post #45 |
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Jon, I don't mind loaning you my car for a while. But don't come by my house in the middle of the night and take it and keep it. And if you do, don't try to make me believe that what you did is somehow similar to me loaning it to you for a few hours. |
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:36 AM Post #46 |
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It would depend on your definition of 'worked'. |
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| JBryan | Feb 14 2009, 07:38 AM Post #47 |
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If taking over the means of production during a war is socialism then why was it reversed when the war ended if it is such a good thing and all. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| TomK | Feb 14 2009, 07:38 AM Post #48 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The factories were placed under the control of the government--but the ownership remained in private hands--in a way what took place in the US during WWII was closer to "national" socialism. For it to be actual socialism I think the ownership of the business would have to be in public hands.
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| jon-nyc | Feb 14 2009, 07:39 AM Post #49 |
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Who's arguing that socialism is 'such a good thing and all'? |
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| TomK | Feb 14 2009, 07:40 AM Post #50 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That guy Quidam 2
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