Do you know what Socialism is?

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Do you know what Socialism is?
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Tue, 10-28-2008 - 10:15pm
Can you describe Socialism?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 2:00pm
I guess it's quite ok to "share the wealth" in Alaska!
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:23pm

>Those taxes I pay are a percentage of my income and they help pay for my children to go to school<


Just a point of information, must states fund their schools with property taxes, not income taxes, though some states use lottery income to help too. The fact that you do not personally pay for these items directly make them social programs, since you will continue to pay with your taxes for schools long after you and your children are done with the system.


Obama is not talking about handing you a check. He is talking about the opportunity costs of taxes on one economic class versus another. A break for the middle class enables us to be the driving force of the economy, not just the handful of rich in this nation. Furthermore, I recall that many of the rich (say, the Ford family) have rather mishandled their benefits under the tax system and are now requesting a bailout.


So, we should be willing as a society to provide welfare for the rich but no break for the middle class? Sorry, but I'm confused about that.

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Sandy
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:24pm

>In order to be granted that scholarship, thsoe children

Sandy
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:25pm

>Unless she pay no Federal, state, or local taxes she is paying for public education, regardless of whether she utilizes it or not.<


So do those under a socialist system. So, taxes are good only so long as the socialist programs benefit you individually, bad if they don't?

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Sandy
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:27pm

>True and SECOND point:

Sandy
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Registered: 08-13-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:44pm

lmao... I've been called a commie and a socialist by some on this board ever since I first came here years ago.


Ask those that ascribe the title to me.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 5:59pm
Those are not socialist countries, although many Americans think they are.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-03-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 6:49pm
Ok, maybe not Socialist countries, but they have socialized healthcare.
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Registered: 02-19-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 7:10pm
As one of my children presently attends a private school I am paying for a service I do not get. I'd rather have the voucher. BTW, the private school does a superior job to the local public, at about half the cost.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 9:20pm

>BTW, the private school does a superior job to the local public, at about half the cost.<


I guess it depends on the kid. Where I live, we have a quite superior public school system, and quite a few of the public schools here offer an International Baccalaureate (which is supposed to be equivalent to a diploma from a European school). Most of the private schools do not offer AP or IB programs. Most of them are also limited in foreign language offerings, though many of them do introduce foreign language earlier than the public schools do.


Average cost per student for Fairfax Co: $13, 340 (http://www.fcps.edu/about/stats.htm) Bus transportation is free for those who need it. Text books are provided by the school system.


Tuition at Paul VI Catholic High School (for non-parish students/parish students): $12140/$9270 but that doesn't include fees--$395 registration for all

Sandy

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