Padraig Breathnach wrote:
> "Tchiowa" wrote:
> >
> >The Reid wrote:
> >
> >> Nonsence, I live and work in a free market capitalist system that
> >> chooses to fund medical care from taxes, that isnt a failed
> >> communist state. you dont seem to be able to differentiate the
> >> two.
> >
> >You don't seem to understand that what you just described is called
> >"Socialism".
> >
> By you, obviously. Not by people who understand what socialism is.
Socialism is an economic system where businesses are either owned or
controlled by the government, which is *exactly* what the Socialized
Medical programs we're discussing are. Or to look at others'
definitions:
The American Heritage=AE Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition
"Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the
means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a
centralized government that often plans and controls the economy."
WordNet =AE 2.0, =A9 2003 Princeton University
"a political theory advocating state ownership of industry"
> Mike, you know the advice about arguing with an idiot, don't you?
That's a lot easier than actually responding to the documented points,
isn't it?
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