(May 17, 2017 at 11:16 am)Brian37 Wrote:(May 17, 2017 at 11:07 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Listen -- simply because someone advocates for this or that socialist idea doesn't make them communist. Socialism can happen without communism. You need not believe me; look at the Scandinavian countries, for starters.
There's a certain irony to you dismissively recommending others to get an education even as you yourself practice an all-too-common, and all-too-wrong, conflation.
Obama a communist ... laughably wrong.
Ok, so are we agreeing that Obama isn't a Communist?
What does that have to do with even Socialism?
I already told you we ALREADY have socialism, corporate socialism, they socialize the profits between the ceos an share holders when they win, and socialize the losses on the tax payers when they lose.
NFL is a perfect example, The Saints should have gone out of business back in the 70s and 80s but because of corporate laws, the NFL between owners propped them up, and took it out on fans, and blackmailed cities to keep them a afloat.
Even locally where I live, I have a mostly empty shopping center across the street from me, 12 units, only 4 full, and one major chain gas station in the parking lot. Some bank owns it I am sure because of the builder defaulting, but it has been mostly empty most of the 10 years I have lived here. Someone is ultimately paying for those units to stay empty.
You seem to fail to realize what the rich don't pay the rest of us pay for long term to pay for their tax deductions and losses. That lack of the top paying adds to the national debt long term.
Brian, maybe you should respond to the point rather than going off on a tirade.
I don't need your browbeating to understand basic facts about our economy which I learned decades ago. Thanks.
