It socialism as defined by government spending a certain percentage of GDP. In the US the number used to be 30%, now it is 35% and headed to 40%. The UK is at 40%, which is considered a threshold of sorts for a socialist government.
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > well actually it *is* socialism, just not in the usual sense or in the > way Obama's critics mean. It's socialism in that it insures the risks > of the multinationals and prevents them from failing. Where this > differs from socialism, however, is that the county has guaranteed > itself that it will not receive any benefit from the risks it is > taking on the multinationals' behalf. I will be quiet now ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
