Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
On 21 Nov 96 at 18:35, Dave Hayes wrote:
However, I would question the implication that "socialists" are responsible for the higher tax rates you currently experience. For example, I could make a strong case that you really have some clever "capitalists" who have learned how to express their "capitalism" quite effectively across the space of all people in a "country".
[snippo] Willis Carto, a man who is more discredited in the U.S. than most (he is alleged to be extremely anti-Semitic, although Mark Lane says not so), says that "Capitalism is generally just as much an enemy of Free Enterprise as is Socialism" (quote approximate), since both promote monopolies. I think you all know of the potential dangers of Populism (Carto's preference), so perhaps the "Devil is in the details", as they say...