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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:11:46 +0000, NOYB wrote:


1) Government-controlled Universal Health Care
2) Expand Medicare
3) Lower the threshold for Welfare
4) Keep Social Security non-privatized
5) Disallow tax breaks for those attending private school

I'd agree the first four could be seen as socialistic, in a strict
sense,
but #5?


It's not as blatant a form of a socialist economy as the other 4, but it
is
socialism to some degree. For instance, if $5000 of my money goes to
education via taxes, then I'm being forced by the government to pay for my
kids to go to public school. That's socialism.

And if there were no private schools? Who would you expect to pay teachers'
salaries?

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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:11:46 +0000, NOYB wrote:


1) Government-controlled Universal Health Care
2) Expand Medicare
3) Lower the threshold for Welfare
4) Keep Social Security non-privatized
5) Disallow tax breaks for those attending private school

I'd agree the first four could be seen as socialistic, in a strict
sense,
but #5?


It's not as blatant a form of a socialist economy as the other 4, but it
is
socialism to some degree. For instance, if $5000 of my money goes to
education via taxes, then I'm being forced by the government to pay for my
kids to go to public school. That's socialism.

And if there were no private schools? Who would you expect to pay teachers'
salaries?



Nobby's concept of socialism is based upon too many whiffs of dental
laughing gas.

Tax breaks for those attending "private school" is a buzz phrase for
using public funds to support Christian schools.

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Doug Kanter wrote:

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news On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:11:46 +0000, NOYB wrote:


1) Government-controlled Universal Health Care
2) Expand Medicare
3) Lower the threshold for Welfare
4) Keep Social Security non-privatized
5) Disallow tax breaks for those attending private school

I'd agree the first four could be seen as socialistic, in a strict
sense,
but #5?


It's not as blatant a form of a socialist economy as the other 4, but
it
is
socialism to some degree. For instance, if $5000 of my money goes to
education via taxes, then I'm being forced by the government to pay for
my
kids to go to public school. That's socialism.

And if there were no private schools? Who would you expect to pay
teachers'
salaries?



Nobby's concept of socialism is based upon too many whiffs of dental
laughing gas.

Tax breaks for those attending "private school" is a buzz phrase for
using public funds to support Christian schools.

The funds are only "public" because some "private" citizen was forced to
give them to the government. There is no such thing as "public" funds...so
let's just call them publicly held private funds.

NOYB wrote:

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Doug Kanter wrote:

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news On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:11:46 +0000, NOYB wrote:


1) Government-controlled Universal Health Care
2) Expand Medicare
3) Lower the threshold for Welfare
4) Keep Social Security non-privatized
5) Disallow tax breaks for those attending private school

I'd agree the first four could be seen as socialistic, in a strict
sense,
but #5?


It's not as blatant a form of a socialist economy as the other 4, but
it
is
socialism to some degree. For instance, if $5000 of my money goes to
education via taxes, then I'm being forced by the government to pay for
my
kids to go to public school. That's socialism.

And if there were no private schools? Who would you expect to pay
teachers'
salaries?



Nobby's concept of socialism is based upon too many whiffs of dental
laughing gas.

Tax breaks for those attending "private school" is a buzz phrase for
using public funds to support Christian schools.

The funds are only "public" because some "private" citizen was forced to
give them to the government. There is no such thing as "public" funds...so
let's just call them publicly held private funds.



You need to get your head out of newsmax.

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