Socialist always seem to want Socialism for themselves at the expense of someone else, and that someone usually tends to be the working class. No business should get subsidies, and governments should not interfere with the market. Socialism in one form or another is at the root of most of out recent problems.
That's right, give us the free labor market so that the workers can sign up to be indentured servants again! Also serfs, they did it voluntarily for life, just to get a bowl of soup in that really hard winter when their little kids were dying of hunger. Here's to free labor markets!!
Charles, you're saying that large corporations go through contortions to avoid paying taxes. You realize that's as startling a revelation as, say, remarking that birds chirp? I mean, yeah, that's what they do. You should expect it.
@4 Wow. Your ability to ignore reality completely in order to verify your faith free markets is ten times stronger than the average Southern Evangelical Christian. You should teach classes in twisting reality.
Socialism in a Democracy is people spending their own money on what they want. Government regulation was in place to stop the oil spill, but it was rescinded by advocates of the free market. If you are pro free market, you are pro oil spill.
The invisible hand of the market is invisible because it doesn't exist.
You are engaging in Motivated Reasoning. Look it up. It will help you to get over your free market delusions. Because you really are sick and need help.
Now that corporations are equal to people, I want to see every one of them fork out 23% of their profits to pay taxes, like I have to every April 15th.
@4: Funny, I thought it was the deregulation of just about every industry, allowing corporations to pursue their own profit margin to the exclusion of everything else. Also, what Toasterhedgehog at #8 said.
What free market?
Socialism in a Democracy is people spending their own money on what they want. Government regulation was in place to stop the oil spill, but it was rescinded by advocates of the free market. If you are pro free market, you are pro oil spill.
The invisible hand of the market is invisible because it doesn't exist.
You are engaging in Motivated Reasoning. Look it up. It will help you to get over your free market delusions. Because you really are sick and need help.