Crafter_Man, I am curious about your views. What does socialism mean to you? You said in another thread that socialism is evil because you believe in the free individual.
Here is the quote for you:
I used your “let me google that for you” link (which, btw, is cool) and went to the first entry: wikipedia. Wikipedia seems to have a good definition of socialism. Here is a taste:
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Socialism refers to any one of various theories of economic organization advocating state, public or common worker ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with a more egalitarian method of compensation.<snip>
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Fair enough. I am not for socialism either. I think it would be a bad idea and I would fight against it also. To me, free market capitalism seems to be a much better system.
Now that that is over, I have two questions for you:
- What does socialism have to do with individual freedom?
- What does the health care plan under discussion have to do with socialism?
Finally, some bonus questions:
- What do you think of Medicare? Are you going to partake when you are over 65? Would you eliminate Medicare, SCHip and medicaid if you could? What about the VA hospitals?