Increasing taxing, spending and regulation is not a step towards socialism.
Its a step towards government control of the economy.
No it isn't. It simply more of the same.
And complete or near complete government control of the economy would be considered socialism by most.
When the means of production is controlled by the gov't, then its socialism.....not before.
But if you don't like the common modern definition and prefer the older one, than fine increasing taxing, spending, and regulation, is a step towards fascism.
Not that either. Gov't regulation, taxation, and spending all can and do exist under a capitalist economy.
But he isn't....Cheney is more guilty of that than Obama.
Cheney didn't increase government control anywhere near the extent that Obama has started to do. Of course he was VP not president, but even if your talking about Bush and Cheney, Obama's actions and announced plans, go farther than Bush.
Most legal authorities agree that Cheney violated the Constitution and undertook activities that required the approval of Congress but which he did not get. Bush went along with it either unwittingly or with his full approval. No one is really sure which.
No they are not...they are both extremes on the political spectrum
They are both opposite points of an arbitrarily defined political spectrum, but that's a weakness in the defining of the spectrum, not an argument for anything about socialism or fascism. On the key point they are the same. Assuming the socialism is government socialism, not small scale voluntary socialism, then they are both about increased government control, just with the socialist doing it by owning the means of production, and the fascists doing it by ordering the owners to do what the fascists want them to do.
I am afraid you're making it up as you go along. The intent of socialism is to put full control of running a nation in the hands of its people. Fascism is the dictatorial control of a gov't and nation that encourages militarism and nationalism among its people.....sometimes even racial purity. Fascism is more likely to be linked to the GOP because of its emphasis on militarism and nationalism as well as its persistent undertone of racism.
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