Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Debs had nothing to do with this country's slide into the toilet. If you
want to blame anything, blame greed, especially the greed of the 1980s.

There's nothing in the Declaration or Constitution that says we all
exist for "the corporation" or its "shareholders," but that seems to be
the mentality these days.


I cited Debs purposely, for your benefit.

Your political and social welfare views expressed over the years are
almost exactly those of his, but with a time frame difference.
He was a Socialist.

Eisboch



Really? Well, good. Debs helped exploited workers of his era. Better to be
likened to a great American like Debs than a slimeball like Dick Cheney.

So, am I then to assume you are for Socialism, rather than a free market,
capitalistic economy?

Eisboch



The "free market" these days only "capitalizes" the wealthy. The middle
classes in this country are suffering. Capitalism needs to be closely
regulated, and government should be doing more to promote the middle
class. I agree with Obama that those earning more than $250,000 a year
should have their taxes raised. I also think the cap on "SSI earnings"
that are taxed should be eliminated.

I've made no secret that I find attractive certain aspects of modern
European socialism.


None of this, though, has anything to do with the fact that I find Debs
an attractive historical figure and Cheney a slimeball.