That's a good description, and a pretty perceptive one I think. On 10/24/09, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would say none of the above. > > I think Gel's political beliefs involve tweaking the nose of anyone who > thinks they are holier-than-thou, and letting the rest live as best they > can. > > Poking fun at the deeply-ingrained American belief that we are perfect, and > it is "our way or the highway", delights him. > > (As I admit it does me) > > Because he is far enough from America to see its glory and close enough to > see past the glitzy lights, he is able to find the little chinks in the > armor, and tickle us there. > > I don't see it as mean, I see it as playful. > > But, as a former boss used to say "Many a truth is told in jest". > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Vivy wrote: > > > > > > Those damn, dirty socialist, humanist bastards. > > > What are they trying to prove? > > > > > > So Vivvy, I'm always trying to figure out where you stand politically > > and I've come with the following general options: > > > > (a.) Communist (in the literal way, not the cartoon way it's commonly > > used) - i.e., you believe the government should own and control the > > means of production thus in a perfect world you'd be a government > > employee and there'd be little or no economic freedom. > > > > (b.) Social democrat - i.e., you believe in some economic freedom, but > > you'd also like all markets to be created, owned, and managed by > > government. An example might be an extreme version of France. > > > > (c.) Charitable capitalist - i.e., you believe in broad economic > > freedom, government regulation of markets only when then become > > national assets, but you favor income tax - based wealth > > redistribution to enable infrastructure. > > > > I'm more of "C-": I do believe in the use of taxes to create public > > economic infrastructure (safety nets [retirement, heatlh care], > > student loans, unemployment, etc), but I absolutely do not believe in > > government as ANY means of production. > > > > I suspect you're a "B"; that is, you'd like to see France get rid of > > Sarkozy and migrate further left thus elevating unions and labor > > ("political action") above business and markets (economic freedom). > > > > So am I right? If not, where would you say you stand? > > > > > >
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