Nathan Saper wrote:
We could easily provide healthcare for every American citizen. Just raise taxes a bit, and cut out most of our military spending.
Sure, why stop there though. Let's raise taxes a bit more and we can feed everyone who is hungry. No, that's not enough, let's raise it some more and we can also clothe everyone - in designer wear. After all why should the majority look like slobs when they could be wearing what the models wear, and for a little more we could send everyone to college, and for even a little more we can house everyone, in luxury apartments, and provide them with free cable TV and internet access... And since government and religion don't mix, let's ban all religeons, let's burn and sack the churches, they are after all a form of drug addiction without any drugs and feh! who needs corporations, they just keep the profits to themselves, let's not tax the People, let's let the people own the fruits of their work, let's have the workers profit. Yes, and to make sure that the capitalist pigs don't come back, we'll institute government oversight of everything. While we're on the topic of healthcare, it seems to us that lots of people don't agree with the party's teachings. After all, what the party says is good for the people and for their benefit, therefore those who disagree with the party are evil capitalists, or more likely they simply need (re)education. So let's send them to our glorious mental clinics. And so that the People may prosper, let's institute a series of 5 year plans and great leap forwards... Sure they'll have to work hard and sacrifice themselves for a few years, but it's for the children and the future... Is this what you are after Nathan? Socialism/Communism? Well, in that case, I have a few words for you: ###### # # #### # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### #### # # ### # # #### # # ### # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### # #### #### ### ##### # ###### # # # # # # # ##### # # # # # # # # ##### # ###### #### #### # # # # # ###### # # # # ## ## ## ## # # # # # # ## # # ## # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### #### # # # # # ###### #### #### # # # # # # # # # ## ## #### # # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #### #### #### # # -- ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------