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To: combjelly who wrote (500902)	8/3/2009 11:15:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1576162

>> The fact of the matter is there is no hard boundary. The Constitution is a hard boundary. The attempt to make "health care" a "right" where no such right exists under the law is a violation of that boundary. The more important boundary, however, is the fiscal one. The simple truth is that socialism fails where ever you find it. It can take a very, very long time for it to fail because governments can borrow a lot of money before it does, and they can deplete their resources in the process (consider UK, which has done precisely that -- and the US is following suit at an alarming pace). The country is moving toward 100 Trillion in liabilities. It is making us weak and will eventually kill the country. There is no doubt about this. There is already a lot of talk about the coming inflation. That's because anyone who knows anything about economics -- which rules you out -- knows that it is coming.

To: combjelly who wrote (500902)	8/4/2009 11:59:17 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576162

CJ, > Define "basic government" and "socialism". I already have in the very post you responded to. You're just repeating what RW is trying to do. Blur the distinction between basic government services and wealth redistribution. This way, you can equate bailouts, welfare for the elderly, and expansion of entitlement programs with law enforcement, roads, and regulation. It's the same damn argument. "If you're against socialism, you are against roads, you are against law enforcement, you are for anarchy." Tenchusatsu