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Old 10-22-2008, 06:12 PM  
pocketkangaroo
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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls View Post
A government being socialist and private organizations being socialists are two different things.

Do you believe a socialist government is good? And if you do, how many times in your life have you voluntarily paid more taxes to the federal government than they said you needed to?
I don't believe a socialist government is good. I also don't believe a pure hands-off laissez faire government is good. I don't believe either candidate does either and both fall somewhere in the middle.

A mix has been the most successful, similar to what we have now. My complaint is with those who call Obama a socialist while not looking themselves in the mirror. We are all socialists and rely on it to survive. We all enjoy being able to dial 911 and have a cop show up at our door. We enjoy having trained firefighters put out a blaze that may erupt. We enjoy having a military to protect our borders.

Both sides have socialist leanings. It's just a matter what they choose to socialize through the government.
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