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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1064309)4/8/2018 4:41:56 PM
From: zzpat  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1576865
 
Now that you stopped parroting the party line we can talk.

The redistribution of wealth is a necessary component in capitalism. A loan from a bank is someone else's money. A public education is paid by others. A capital gain from a stock transaction is another example. Investors get money others created from their work. Without redistribution of wealth, we wouldn't have banks or the stock market and capitalism would collapse. So now we're left with that tiny bit that goes to the poor. Is that form of socialism bad? Hardly. Nearly every society in human history helps the poor.



To: RetiredNow who wrote (1064309)4/8/2018 5:26:42 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1576865
 
Mindmeld,
In a way, Republicans are Socialist in that they redistribute money from you and me to the military and corporations of their choosing.
Military spending is only socialist if it is justified by the number of jobs it "creates."

That's how corrupt politicians like John Murtha was able to create an "Airport to Nowhere" in his congressional district. He got the military to station a bunch of planes there. There is no strategic value to that, only Murtha's unapologetic desire to bring home the bacon.

But military spending for the actual purpose of national defense is not "socialist." Instead, that's one of the core duties of the federal government.

Tenchusatsu


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