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My name is Ted
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RE: My name is Ted
But socialism doesn't encourage people to work. People are greedy by nature, we want to survive. Capitalism is the only system that rewards those who work with a fair proportion of money. Socialism grants the doctor the same as the garbage man. In such a society what would prevent me from simply doing a garbageman's work for a doctor's salary? Plus the fact I'd need to spend several years of my life at medical school, all so I could become a doctor and earn the wage of a garbageman.

bozo has tried and failed to explain this to me in a way that seems fair to me. I'd love to see another system to capitalism, but at the moment socialism doesn't seem to work at all.
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My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 2, 2009 at 11:41 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 2, 2009 at 11:57 am
RE: My name is Ted - by leo-rcc - April 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by WWLD - April 2, 2009 at 8:35 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 2, 2009 at 9:55 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Demonaura - April 2, 2009 at 9:13 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by WWLD - April 2, 2009 at 10:45 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Kyuuketsuki - April 3, 2009 at 2:02 am
RE: My name is Ted - by WWLD - April 3, 2009 at 5:57 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Edwardo Piet - April 4, 2009 at 8:57 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by fr0d0 - April 3, 2009 at 3:50 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Kyuuketsuki - April 3, 2009 at 5:10 am
RE: My name is Ted - by LukeMC - April 3, 2009 at 7:45 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 4, 2009 at 2:21 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 4, 2009 at 3:43 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 4, 2009 at 3:51 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 4, 2009 at 7:35 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 4, 2009 at 11:16 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 5, 2009 at 8:58 am
RE: My name is Ted - by fr0d0 - April 5, 2009 at 6:14 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 5, 2009 at 8:57 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 5, 2009 at 12:09 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 5, 2009 at 2:24 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 5, 2009 at 2:42 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 5, 2009 at 3:42 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 5, 2009 at 4:51 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 5, 2009 at 5:12 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 5, 2009 at 6:26 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 6, 2009 at 2:35 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Giff - April 6, 2009 at 7:57 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 6, 2009 at 11:45 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Giff - April 8, 2009 at 10:32 am
RE: My name is Ted - by leo-rcc - April 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 6, 2009 at 12:19 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by leo-rcc - April 6, 2009 at 12:23 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 6, 2009 at 12:35 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by leo-rcc - April 7, 2009 at 3:17 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 6, 2009 at 5:51 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 6, 2009 at 7:11 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 6, 2009 at 8:55 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 7, 2009 at 3:02 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 7, 2009 at 11:40 am
RE: My name is Ted - by bozo - April 7, 2009 at 12:01 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 7, 2009 at 1:59 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 7, 2009 at 6:51 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by fr0d0 - April 7, 2009 at 7:18 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Kyuuketsuki - April 8, 2009 at 5:38 am
RE: My name is Ted - by fr0d0 - April 8, 2009 at 6:40 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 8, 2009 at 10:59 pm
RE: My name is Ted - by Tiberius - April 9, 2009 at 12:28 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Giff - April 9, 2009 at 4:22 am
RE: My name is Ted - by Ted1205 - April 9, 2009 at 7:01 am

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