Socialism & Pie

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Socialism & Pie
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Wed, 10-29-2008 - 5:17pm

A socialist looks at the pie and says:

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 9:18am

But, I am big on trying to inspire others to not rely on any ONE

~ SW

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Registered: 04-04-2001
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 11:25am

Actually, it is Obama who has misled and

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 2:46pm

Tax the pie too much and no one will want to invest

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Registered: 08-25-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 3:22pm

I love the lies used to push the socialist agenda...


However a social safety net run by a 'government' is necessary to ensure that this 'urge' isn't allowed to reign so unchecked that some people are allowed to create a better life for themeselves - at the expense of others.


the capitalist factory owner can become wealthy by poisoning the water for the people who live downstream from his own needs.
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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:21pm

Gee whiskers, I hadn't realized that whole time I spent living in the 1990's was under a socialist regime.

 

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:38pm
Tax the pie, and you will have a smaller pie.



Except the pie shares a world with other pies, and the pies get together to form a community of pies. The community goes about setting up protections for the pies, after all the big bad pie wolf is out pie hunting. They also set up protection against fire, to build roads so that apples and berries and such can be brought in to make more pies.


All of this has to be be paid for, with each pie paying a part. The pies decide that bigger piemakers can pay more towards the cost, and it all works...


but some pies don't like it, believing their pies would be bigger without the taxes paid to build roads for supplies, to stop fires, to fend off the big bad wolf. And so they post on pie boards, saying pies should not have to pay taxes.


OK, says pragmatist-pie. How will you get your apples, your raspberries, your strawberries, your blueberries, your pumpkins? How will you get your pies to market? What will you do if fire or the big bad pie wolf comes after and threatens your pies?


Things like community pooling resources and insurance allow the taking of risk, spreading it through a community such that commerce expands markedly - someone can take a larger risk than otherwise possible.


That is how


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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:38pm

~ SW

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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:44pm
Ummm...

~ SW

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:47pm

We could...


and naturally,


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Thu, 10-30-2008 - 4:52pm

GOOD GRIEF!!...

~ SW

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