"F. George McDuffee" wrote:

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:58:09 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:20:05 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:


One of the major problems is that while "socialism," (with a
small s) has proven to be very workable in certain
countries, primarily Scandinavia,

Pay attention to the last sentence....

http://www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/Sweden.htm

The Future That Didn't Work
snip
"Right now I'd rather be in Sweden than in the U.S., because we have
seen the problems and are moving away from the welfare state," says
Wachtmeister. "On your side, you are moving right into it, and you risk
destroying your country."

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There is a big difference between a socio-economic system
that works tolerably well for the large majority of its
citizens and one that makes everybody happy. Remember that
even the Garden of Eden had a snake...



The White House is full of Lawyers, er 'Snakes'.


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