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To: TimF who wrote (403701)	1/24/2011 8:51:01 AM
From: skinowski	16 Recommendations Respond to of 793905

the sad fact is that if the world had been perceptive enough to see the 19th-century socialists as totalitarian hate-mongers in idealist clothing, the Wall would never have been built in the first place. People still do not get it. Our President openly talks about redistribution - without dwelling on the fact that doing so involves two acts - not only giving, but also taking. There is simply no other way for the government to obtain something which it could later give (while keeping a cut). The taking tends to get done increasingly by force. The pie inevitably gets smaller - while the government gets more powerful. Few people would argue against having a moderate - but functional - social safety net -- but when pushed too far, the redistributionist notion becomes totalitarian and... idiotic.