tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post4801528444100744154..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: Socialist Americawellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-74270200249937434102008-11-12T00:19:00.000-05:002008-11-12T00:19:00.000-05:00I enjoyed your post... and i must say that i wish ...I enjoyed your post... and i must say that i wish you were closer and we could have conversations about these things in person. i miss those times! I too have wondered my the label "socialist!" is coming up so much. Although I do understand a certain fear of socialist policy... personally, all the billions of dollars the government has spent to bail corporations out (in my opinion, the most extreme socialist thing this country has done) is only going to cause more problems... I am always interested in discussions about the "New Deal". I am not going to say that it did no good at all (because it did), but what brought the United States out of the depression was WWII (more jobs for the war effort). Although I pray that another war will not bring us out of this financial crisis (its quite apparent that this war in Iraq has put us more in the TANK!!!), it seems to me that our country's economy does not respond best to forced policy (aka real socialist policy), but perhaps by chance. I do not see Obama as a socialist, and I do understand capitalism taken too far is very bad (in 2000 Congress passed a law that would allow betting on the stock market... one of the reasons we're in the mess we're in now). Just some thoughts.... I'm not negating what you're saying, just maybe doing what i do too often. devils advocate. please comment.mapmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435804420610345296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-14862208771534874722008-11-08T12:26:00.000-05:002008-11-08T12:26:00.000-05:00Sometimes I wonder if people understand what true ...Sometimes I wonder if people understand what true capitalism is. I have a link on my blog somewhere recently from Peter Hornberger who talks about why American Education is socialist in nature and it is enlightening. Our alternative would be to have companies creating education and people paying for it out of their pocket. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think this would work better because only those whose families really valued education would take part in it. I know this might leave out those who couldn't afford it, but it's worth thinking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-16297144404191583262008-11-07T15:37:00.000-05:002008-11-07T15:37:00.000-05:00Brittany, good of you to mention "The New Deal," p...Brittany, <BR/>good of you to mention "The New Deal," people forget about that and other similar situations. "Spreading the wealth" is only necessary in situations of economic struggle.wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-42893424022911917502008-11-07T15:28:00.000-05:002008-11-07T15:28:00.000-05:00Wes,Great post. This is exactly how I feel. I don'...Wes,<BR/>Great post. This is exactly how I feel. I don't understand why people are so afraid of Socialism...in the past our more socialistic policies have done us quite well in a poor economy (the New Deal!). I think you are completely right when you say that we should be more concerned with softening our extreme capitalism because it is that which destroys the economy most of the time.Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205170531139845299noreply@blogger.com