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To: combjelly who wrote (246763)	8/20/2005 8:52:18 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571704

yeah, they use to never have workers go on strike, or riots, or unemployment in the Soviet Union and crime was almost nonexistent... A really great place....

To: combjelly who wrote (246763)	8/20/2005 9:23:10 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571704

re: But, hey, that smacks of socialism and that makes it bad... I don't think it does. I think it smacks of fairness, treating everyone with respect, taking care of each other. Employers making sure that ALL their employee's, the people creating their wealth, are making a livable wage. But what do I know. I've only been working various jobs in this country, good and bad, top management to hard labor, for 42 years. Since I was 14 years old and bought fresh donuts at a bakery at 5AM as I walked a mile to catch the bus and transfer twice to get to a summer job at a factory in a bad Chicago hood. But what do I know about socialism or fairness? John

To: combjelly who wrote (246763)	8/21/2005 1:12:48 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571704

"Some balance benefits us all, rich or poor. It makes for a better, safer, more moral society... for everyone, top to bottom." That is the thing. So many social things are better. People are more pleasant. You have less random crime. You don't have as many predators out there. And so on. Everybody feels they have a stake in things, and aren't as interested in gaming the system. But, hey, that smacks of socialism and that makes it bad... Any talk that even hints at tinkering with the system and changing it to benefit as many people as possible gets them screaming the S word. Given the way they react, I would have to assume arrested development plays a major role.......that they stopped moving forward around the time when kids really resent sharing. ted