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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone in another thread defined socialism as [quote]the collective ownership and management of the goods and services and the means of producing them. The services and goods are produced directly for use, not for profit. [/quote] As a way to say US (and Obama) were nowhere near that.  But the connection to Obama is that when the government starts to take away the citizens' profits - basically determining what's a fair amount of earnings each individual can earn - and taking everything above and beyond that and giving it to the lower-earning citizens to essentially "even out" everyone's income, it's moving toward socialism.  It's de-incentivising people from striving to do better, earn more, and get ahead.

In other words, if you know that anything you make over $250,000 (for example) will be turned over to the government, there is no incentive for you to strive to earn more than $250,000.  The government, through its tax policy and government hand-outs, create a system where there is a certain "collective ownership" and goods start to be created for use - not profit - because your profit (over a certain amount) gets relinquished to the collective good.

Hope that helps you understand some people's positions. [/quote]

I am sorry. This is a bunch of horse manure. I want to earn more money. And if I have to pay $300 a year to earn an additional $30,000, so be it. Only a fool would turn that down. [/quote]

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