> gMoney wrote: > Thank god. I'm alarmed that the vote was as close as it was. >
Socialism is a demagogic gold mine! You manipulate people's emotions, playing on their fears, and reassuring them that their problems and shortcomings are someone else's fault. You tell them that if only they gave you more power, then you could really stick it to the man. Once you have power, you limit their access to information, and give them token hand-outs while you slowly steal their freedom. Unfortunately what people forget (or never knew) is that freedom comes with a price: capitalism. And capitalism creates disparities that seem unfair (maybe they are), but there is simply no better solution. I actually heard a guy say on NPR this morn, "Hugo is not a dictator! What kind of dictator gives his people healthcare and financial assistance? Dictators keep their people poor and ill so that they can better control them." Uh no. *Good* dictators keep their people fat and happy, but in jail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247439 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
