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Originally posted by Superman
I do not think that a shared, community-based problem solving system is the demon that you have been taught to believe it is. And I think this country needs to shake loose of the forces that work toward keeping people from solving the problems together. The current divisiveness in our nation is deliberately anti-socialist. Socialism is the opposite of the divisiveness you see. The divisiveness you see is for the deliberate purpose of politics and commerce.
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Government is not a "shared, community-based problem solving system". One need look no further than the results of government programs. That is exactly why Thomas Jefferson warned of the need for limited government.
The folly of government programs is obvious when you judge them on their effect and not on their supposedly good intent. Socialism has failed to solve even a single social ill anywhere in the world, much less in the US. Massive government spending has failed to solve the problems of poverty and drug abuse and government regulation of industry has devastated global competitiveness and cost more jobs.
The reason we have so many in Washington willing to steal our country's future is because there are voters who can be bought.
For once, I wish FastPat were here:
"If you would not confront your neighbor demanding his money at gun point to solve every new problem that may appear in your life, why would you pay the government to do it for you?"