Agreed, to a degree MJ, but my point would be we are as close to it as any other Nation, for the most part...
I will take what I can get, and try to improve upon it, where I am able. On Oct 9, 4:03 pm, "M.A. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gaar > I understand what it is like to now have lost nearly 1/3 of my Wealth > in just the last few Months, becvause Capitalism isn't perfect, and I > took risks I should have not taken. > MJ > What capitalism? > > Capitalism is the system in which people are free to use their private > property without outside interference. > > What America has is NOT capitalism, but a variant of Socialism. > the Government INTERFERES in the marketplace causing all > sorts of havoc that would otherwise NOT be "noticed". > > Consider this .... in the Marketplace there might be 1,000,000 > Companies offering mortgages. If these operated "independently" > (ie. no interference from Government), then the likelihood of > ALL (read: a considerable number like now) of them doing EXACTLY > the same thing to their detriment is approaching ZERO. > > Instead, the GOVERNMENT is dictating what each of these 1,000,000 > Companies MUST do ... and when the Government's "planning" fails > (as it will ALWAYS do) .... we have the problems we see today. > > Regard$, > --MJ > > [The New Deal gave us a] state-supported economic system that > will continue to devour a little at a time the private system until it > disappears altogether. -- John T. Flynn, Journalist, 1948 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
