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I am a capitalist. I believe in capitalism as an economic theory, because as unjust as it is, it still works better than most of the other theorys. I believe in a managed capitalism (You need worker protections, Unions, environmental protections, Protections against fraud, and so on and so forth.).

Socialism means two things. One is that the government takes a certain interest in the health and happiness of the common man through programs such as (in the US), Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, and so on. These are all noble programs. As we all know it's best from both a moral and a practical point of view to take care of our people.

However, Socialism also means the redistrubution of wealth. It means the government taking money away from person B and giving it to person D. And that's what I find problemattic. The assumption is that some people have more than they need, and others have less so we even it up. But at a certain point you have to go to person B and say, "Hey we are taking this and this and this and you can't do much about it." I'm not sure where any government or any person gets the moral authority to do that.

I also am not sure where socialism as a theory fits with the Democratic party. Isn't the Demcoratic party a capitalist party? Certainly on more than one occasion I've been called a communist or a socialist because I'm a Democrat and I've always made fun of the idea.

Bryant
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