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nikto

(3,284 posts) Sat May 4, 2013, 02:00 AM May 2013

A story that shows why CANADA IS WISER THAN AMERICA: "The Cream Separator"

"During the age of expansion, capitalism gave cream to the few, whole milk to the middle classes, and a blue watery residue to the majority of farmers and industrial workers, agricultural labourers and slaves."

This brief story is told by Canadian Liberal Tommy Douglas, the man most responsible for
Canada's Public Healthcare system. It explains the universal problem with capitalism in clear and certain terms.

The video:

The text:

http://nonprofits.accesscomm.ca/srvoice/news/1999/02Sep99.htm

Just another reason to love Canada, IMO.