Politics I thought Socailism was bad

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  1. jonnyboy

    jonnyboy Well-Known Member

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    I would have to agree. If you can't grow a crop in 6 attempts, it's time to find a new line of work, or a new crop, or a new way to utilize your land. I had no idea that was an issue, guys up here work there asses off and generally wield good results. There wasn't any help that I know of when we lost our family ranch 10 years ago (unrelated to crops, my dad had no help running it and i was too young and in portland with my mom). He said there had been various government assistance programs throughout the years that were never much help. He recalled getting a check for $16 one year, that was about the extent of it.
     
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    Fernando? lol
     
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    Its an equally absurd comparison so I decided to leave my autocorrect typo after MMs gold.
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    In breaking "socialism" news:

    Trump: "They want to raid Medicare to pay for socialism."

    Dumbass.

    barfo
     
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    What does "socialism" even mean. It's a term that is thrown about a lot, but do the people discussing it even share the same definition? I think using terms like this can confuse the conversation. If we were to discard all lables, and just think of everything as a problem that we need to solve for the benefit of society, politics would be so much less muddied. I think some things make sense to pay for with public tax dollars and others things do not.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Whoops, what he meant was they have to raid Medicare to pay for the recent tax cut. Now, this is entirely fair. the middle and lower tax payers have been getting away with murder so it's time for them to pony up and pay back the neglected wealthy.

    I think we too often neglect the wealthy. They have needs too, you know.
     
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