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To: TimF who wrote (340271)	6/13/2007 11:51:20 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575200

Its not a reduction of freedom; its a reduction in spending power. Money does not equal freedom. Taking away peoples money does mean you are reducing their freedom. No it does not take away their freedom....they can still voice their opinion; they can still vote; they can still demonstrate; they can still exercise all their rights granted to them under the Constitution. want a pure capitalistic economic model for the US. Not really. YES, YOU DO! We are as close to a pure capitalistic model as possible and you are still not happy. unfortunately that doesn't work. In your opinion. It doesn't work. That's why we had so many severe economic contractions before the Great Depression. The little guy was getting screwed left and right. The idea that France is such an obvious perfect center that nothing else can be at the center, or even close without being very like France is a bit silly even as a subjective opinion, and total nonsense if its presented as some objective fact. Tim, France was an example of the center, not the only country at the center. It would be difficult to show every country's position in that kind of graph. "The Center" in this type of context, is a very vague and subjective term. And importantly even if something is truly at the center that doesn't imply that its better in any way. Who said it was better? In a million years, I would never say France is better than the US. Germany maybe; the Scandinavian countries but not France.