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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Simeone on April 6, 2012 at 3:50pm

Hi Joan,

 

The conservatives that ramble on about Capitalism and free markets really make me mad. They are the same people who constantly support huge government subsidies to oil companies and large agricultural businesses. No nation could ever be successful if it were a pure Capitalistic society. Our society will always be a mixture of Capitalism and government. When right-wing politicians blather on about free markets it’s another simplistic mantra chanted to lead the uninformed masses to believe that America is something it isn’t. Business knows it can’t survive without government assistance it just likes to pretend it’s more capable than it really is.  

Permalink Reply by Joan Denoo on April 6, 2012 at 4:09pm

Jonathan, you stated it perfectly. 

Permalink Reply by John on April 29, 2012 at 3:46am

Couldn't agree more Jonathan, anyone in the US who believes Socialism is the big evil really needs to take another look at the hard facts, under Dubya, government became bigger than ever, much bigger than any administration before it.

An example of Socialism in action is Medicare, the Right like to think everything is better under private control, without the taxpayer subsidies and favorable treatment by the States most of them wouldn't even survive.