Does government assistance to tornado victims constitute socialism?

moondust

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:28 PM
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Does government assistance to tornado victims constitute socialism?

Deficits! Deficits! Deficits!

:sarcasm:

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movonne

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:31 PM
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1. Yes I believe it does...

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polichick

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:32 PM
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2. Only if it's going to the poor or people of color.

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phantom power

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:41 PM
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8. +1

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Scuba

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Thu Apr-28-11 02:22 PM
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13. The exact words I was going to use. Exactly. n/t

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kath

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Thu Apr-28-11 03:31 PM
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15. Ding ding ding ding!! a WINNAH, folks, a WINNAH!!

Edited on Thu Apr-28-11 03:31 PM by kath

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KittyWampus

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:33 PM
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3. What you are pointing to is a very good hook to explain things to those misguided souls who have fal

fallen for the Rightwing nonsense.

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elleng

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:33 PM
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4. No

A political and economic theory of that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

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Burma Jones

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:33 PM
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5. I sure as hell do not want any of my tax dollars going to people that lack

the good sense to live exactly as I do........

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sinkingfeeling

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:38 PM
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6. Hell, boy, we here in the South don't need no govermint handouts. We're proud and independent.

Edited on Thu Apr-28-11 01:39 PM by sinkingfeeling

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Booster

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:40 PM
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7. Help for Republicans, no - everybody else, yes.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Thu Apr-28-11 01:42 PM
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9. Well if it was done by private search and rescue

that only looked for their subscribers!!!!!

:sarcasm: for those who need it.

I guess, given what I did for ten years, I was a top rate COMMIE!

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kestrel91316

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Thu Apr-28-11 02:02 PM
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10. It certainly does.....

If people hate socialism, they are free to refuse assistance offered by the COMMUNIty.

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damntexdem

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Thu Apr-28-11 02:16 PM
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11. Only if it's in blue states.

It's OK if it's in red states.

;-)

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JHB

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Thu Apr-28-11 02:19 PM
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12. If it suits Republicans to say so, they'll call it that.

It the assistance is to a Republican-leaning area, especially a wealthy one, you won't hear much.

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white_wolf

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Thu Apr-28-11 02:30 PM
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14. First of all, if it did, so what? Socialism isn't a bad thing.

Secondly, no. Socialism is more than just government services, while those are very good, they aren't socialism. Socialism is a new economic order opposed and in contrast with capitalism. Here is a definition: "A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." Until we have that we don't have socialism, despite how much we need it or how much the crazies on the Right insist we do.

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Recursion

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Thu Apr-28-11 03:34 PM
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16. Not unless it involves nationalization of the means of production

I mean, if they built new factories and gave them to the people who would be working there, yes. But I don't see that coming.

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Odin2005

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Thu Apr-28-11 03:35 PM
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17. Not if it goes only to White Christians.

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