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Just A Box Of Rain

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37. So what? People paying taxes isn't "socialism" under any accepted definition of the term.

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 05:26 PM

Dec 2022

Sorry, but this is preposterous and would make every government in human history--all of which have raised taxes to support their states--into "socialists."

This level of reductionism is disheartening to read.

Confucius would not be happy.

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Not only that but the House already passed it. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #4

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We will never know because it is always hidden money. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #9

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Smart to put it that way... Kid Berwyn Dec 2022 #11

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Those darned socialists!!!!! H2O Man Dec 2022 #14

Being a Soviet apparatchik was Putin's path to power. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #15

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Must disagree on some basics. The military, roadbuilding, schools, hospitals, fire departments, etc. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #18

Really? H2O Man Dec 2022 #19

I agree with Confucius. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #20

You are funny! H2O Man Dec 2022 #21

One more thing: H2O Man Dec 2022 #22

Again, Confucius requires me to push back on the absurdist suggestion that liberal social programs Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #23

Gosh. H2O Man Dec 2022 #26

I think Confucius would get a big laugh from the arguement that Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #30

If socialism must claim the achievements of capitalist systems Hortensis Dec 2022 #54

I think "anti-capitalist" and "late stage capitalism" are the passwords to the club where betsuni Dec 2022 #61

Oh, yes. And claiming an AMC Gremlin is actually a Toyota Camry Hortensis Dec 2022 #62

The myth that the true roots of the Democratic Party are socialist, that FDR/LBJ betsuni Dec 2022 #32

Correct. This is gaslighting at its worst. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #33

Very gassy, and the obligatory personal insults. betsuni Dec 2022 #34

I'm still waiting to hear the answer to which socialist state--now or in the past 100 years or so-- Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #35

Yet you ignore H2O Man Dec 2022 #38

LBJ had all sorts of opponents. Ones on the far-right and ones on the far-left. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #40

Feeding the poor H2O Man Dec 2022 #43

A lot to unpack here, including personal insults, mischaracterizations, and outright falsehoods. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #45

The tax payers are the people who pay for those things, like building schools, roads etc, etc. panader0 Dec 2022 #36

So what? People paying taxes isn't "socialism" under any accepted definition of the term. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #37

As my friend Rubin H2O Man Dec 2022 #39

Your "other friend" will take the lack of response to the question I asked multiple times Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #41

It's a non-question. H2O Man Dec 2022 #44

It is hardly a non-question. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #46

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No, It is a question that's germane in countries all over the world. Just A Box Of Rain Dec 2022 #48

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