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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Meh.  I used to live in Sweden as a kid; income tax rate went as high as 90% (they let you keep 10% of what you earned, subject to other taxes).

They have scaled it back to ~64% in Sweden.

That doesn't exactly look like the capitalism our founders imagined, does it? I seem to remember something about an excessive tea-tax. . .

Besides, even North Korea & Cuba have allowed "expiraments" with capitalism, but don't fundamentally believe in private property ownership.[/quote]

The US used to have a top marginal tax rate of 90% and that was during a time that many conservatives consider the golden age of American capitalism.[/quote]

We can agree that the U.S. has made many mistakes in the past; that does not mean we should repeat them.

And I noticed you left a few socialist countries off your list: namely Venezuela, Cuba, not to mention the defunct Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics.  Socialism always fails.[/quote]

Clearly none of the Democratic Socialists want to emulate those countries (with the possible exception of some aspects of Cuba's healthcare sector). Russia is now capitalist[b] and as much as today's Republicans worship Putin,[/b] I doubt they want to emulate Russia completely.
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Haven't you said time and time again that you delete posts from those awful conservatives when they make sweeping generalizations about Democrats?  And then YOU make some sweeping (and asinine) claim that Republicans worship Putin? Get a grip. [/quote]

You are right. My overly broad statement that today's Republicans don't want to emulate Russia completely was poorly stated and inaccurate. Many of them do want to emulate Russia completely.
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