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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fresc who wrote (7595)	1/16/2006 4:06:28 PM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37527

Are you using the American model? What do you mean by that? Why do you always have to hold up the U.S. as a model? The principle of socialism versus capitalism doesn't depend on any comparison to any given country. My point was that the acceptance of a government role in so many areas of life is a recent one. A century ago, in Canada, overall taxation rates of 10% would have led to a popular revolt and executed politicians. The post-war reluctance of politicians to give up control resulted in incremental growth of the welfare state. People have grown to cherish certain social programs, partly because they do not see the cost in terms of lost opportunities, but partly because they (myself included) don't mind trading off a bit of economic growth to support a social safety net. The big question is where does it end? Why doesn't the public demand that justification be provided for taking their money by force? Why do people think the government has a right to take half of the fruits of their labour (= slavery for half the year) regardless of what that money will be spent on? -g