End Corporate Capitalism from ruling America!
Marxists are such ignorant clowns. How is it possible to be so ignorant of historic fact?
End Corporate Capitalism from ruling America!
You basically have raised the white flag of surrender when you start hollering that I 'hate America!"
I had to pay for your Disastrous Invasion of Iraq, so you have zero room to complain about tax fairness.
In a representative democracy like Norway or the United States, people makes choices and their duly elected representatives vote on how to spend tax revenue.
If this country ever chooses to have single payer health care, and subsidized day care you are just going to have to suck it up and keep a stiff upper lip. I am am still paying for your Iraq War and you do not see my crying like a little girl about it.
Wrapping up: I do appreciate that we have moved the debate away from the preposterous and dishonest teabagger claim that "Democrats want us to be like Cuba!" - and we are now honestly highlight was American liberals and democratic socialists want, aka a socio-economic system similar to the Scandinavian model. Which happens to also be arguably the most admired socioeconomic model in human history.
Sadly, yes. A country can't have both a welfare state and mass immigration, but Europe has made the idiotic decision to attempt both.
The good news is many right-wing Nationalist parties in Europe are still pretty left-wing and are making the argument that they need to close the borders so that they can maintain their welfare state.
Obviously you don’t know there is a difference between secondary education and day care.
I never said anything about not paying school taxes. I was talking about day care.
My recommendation would be for you to go back to secondary school to learn reading comprehension.
My recommendation is for you to quit being so snarky. Be nice.
People can have a policy difference on whether to fund day care, but the principle is the same. So is elementary education.
We're getting there.
More than 4 in 10 respondents in a new Gallup poll now say that socialism would be a good thing for the U.S.
The survey results, released Monday, found that 43 percent of respondents said “some form of socialism” would be a good thing for the nation as a whole.
A little more than half — 51 percent — said that socialism would be a bad thing for the country. And 6 percent said they did not have an opinion.
The results show an increase of 15 points in the number of respondents who said socialism would be a good thing compared to a 1942 Roper/Fortune survey, in which just 25 percent of respondents said socialism would be a good thing and 40 percent said it would be bad.
The results contrast with a Monmouth University poll from earlier this month which found that 57 percent of voters believe that socialism is incompatible with American values.
The Gallup poll, which collected data between April 17-30, comes as more high-profile politicians label themselves socialist. Most notably, self-avowed democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has continued to poll in the top tier of the pool of 2020 Democratic candidates for president, though most of his competitors have distanced themselves from the label.
As the 2020 battle gets underway, Republicans have widely targeted Democrats for allegedly “embracing” socialism.
Gallup also found that Americans are more likely to favor free market over government control on a number of issues, including technological innovation, wealth distribution, the economy, wages, higher education and health care. Respondents favored government control in just two categories: environmental protection and consumers’ online privacy protection.
Respondents were split on their description of the U.S. economy, with 40 percent saying it leans more toward government control, 34 percent saying it leans toward free market control and 25 percent describing it as an equal mix of the two.
The poll of 1,024 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...0-now-say-socialism-would-be-good-for-us-poll
Be nice. Are you kidding. I hope you tell that to your liberal buddies on this forum.
No the principle is not the same. You are talking about a separate issue.
People who can afford day care do not see government subsidies. You can deduct child care expense on your taxes of course.
I had to pay for your Disastrous Invasion of Iraq, so you have zero room to complain about tax fairness.
Great job sticking to the subject.
I probably had to pay more in taxes for the Vietnam war, a war started by Kennedy and escalated by Johnson (Jack ass party).
Let’s see that war cost about 48K more lives.
For every waste of taxpayer money by the republicans I can match that with waste by the jack ass party. So if you want to continue your stupidity knock yourself out.
The most reputable country in the world is ... Sweden
Sweden, known for its generous social benefits and commitment to gender equality, is considered the most reputable country in the world, according to an annual ranking by Reputation Institute.
Following Sweden this year are Finland, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands to round out the top 10 most reputable countries.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ble-countries-sweden-united-states/722664002/
What did my post say to make you think I have liberal buddies. Maybe you need some of that reading comprehension.
Why are tax subsidies ok for elementary and secondary education but not child care? Is it because one is a means tested program? What if a school district or state provided for pre-kindergarten for all students (I think that is primarily child care)--is that the same?
You basically have raised the white flag of surrender when you start hollering that I 'hate America!"
I had to pay for your Disastrous Invasion of Iraq, so you have zero room to complain about tax fairness.
In a representative democracy like Norway or the United States, people makes choices and their duly elected representatives vote on how to spend tax revenue.
If this country ever chooses to have single payer health care, and subsidized day care you are just going to have to suck it up and keep a stiff upper lip. I am am still paying for your Iraq War and you do not see my crying like a little girl about it.
Wrapping up: I do appreciate that we have moved the debate away from the preposterous and dishonest teabagger claim that "Democrats want us to be like Cuba!" - and we are now honestly highlighting what American liberals and democratic socialists actually want, aka a socio-economic system similar to, or on a par with, the Scandinavian model. Which happens to also be arguably the most admired socioeconomic model in human history.
What is the exact question asked??More than 4 in 10 respondents in a new Gallup poll now say that socialism would be a good thing for the U.S.
The survey results, released Monday, found that 43 percent of respondents said “some form of socialism” would be a good thing for the nation as a whole.
A little more than half — 51 percent — said that socialism would be a bad thing for the country. And 6 percent said they did not have an opinion.
The results show an increase of 15 points in the number of respondents who said socialism would be a good thing compared to a 1942 Roper/Fortune survey, in which just 25 percent of respondents said socialism would be a good thing and 40 percent said it would be bad.
The results contrast with a Monmouth University poll from earlier this month which found that 57 percent of voters believe that socialism is incompatible with American values.
The Gallup poll, which collected data between April 17-30, comes as more high-profile politicians label themselves socialist. Most notably, self-avowed democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has continued to poll in the top tier of the pool of 2020 Democratic candidates for president, though most of his competitors have distanced themselves from the label.
As the 2020 battle gets underway, Republicans have widely targeted Democrats for allegedly “embracing” socialism.
Gallup also found that Americans are more likely to favor free market over government control on a number of issues, including technological innovation, wealth distribution, the economy, wages, higher education and health care. Respondents favored government control in just two categories: environmental protection and consumers’ online privacy protection.
Respondents were split on their description of the U.S. economy, with 40 percent saying it leans more toward government control, 34 percent saying it leans toward free market control and 25 percent describing it as an equal mix of the two.
The poll of 1,024 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...0-now-say-socialism-would-be-good-for-us-poll
There is nothing socialist about those countries. Einstein was wrong.





Yet those Scandinavian countries that you admire are moving away from the cradle to grave welfare model. There is no way on Earth that the high taxes of Scandinavia would be tolerated in the US, the consensus in Europe is breaking down, due in part to high immigration, and the resultant deliterious effect on the Welfare State and also the postwar consensus is no longer sustainable.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-26/now-even-swedes-are-questioning-the-welfare-state
I had nothing to do with Vietnam, being about three years old at the time.
When we invaded Iraq, you were on the sidelines cheering for that war and demanding that those of us who wanted nothing to do with your war use our tax dollars to pay for it.
So if and when our nation votes to have everybody chip in for a single payer health care system, you will have zero standing to cry about it.
On another tangent, this is why teabaggers are so keen to falsely claim that Democrats "want to be like Cuba or like Vladimir Lenin". Because they know what American liberals and democratic socialists actually want is pretty popular, especially with millenials.