Well, then that was what I was referring to originally.
yepSent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 9:06 AMSubject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Socialism vs. Capitalism: both have good and badDo you give to charity?
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Sheep&Goatlady <springcreek@bentonrea.com> wrote:
Well, I sign a check to the IRS on every April 15 for the last 40 some years,, and YOU? and I do pay my property taxes every april 30 of each year..Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 5:34 PMSubject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Socialism vs. Capitalism: both have good and badYou seem to want people to give and give to others. Just how much of your income can we get you to give away. I bet none.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:03 AM, Sheep&Goatlady <springcreek@bentonrea.com> wrote:
Pardon me,, this idea of contributing to their community,, where did you get
such an idea? and what is contributing to what?
----- Original Message -----
From: "iloveubuntulinux" <valchaulinux@gmail.com>
To: <Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 12:18 PM
Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Socialism vs. Capitalism: both
have good and bad
the most moral system rewards hard work, expects every human being to
contribute to his/her community and also provides for times when we are
sick, injured or out of work with medical care, training etc.
--- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, elaine mckay
<glyndon47@...> wrote:
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> In a wealthy capitalist country, health care should be free. And
> education. If you want better then pay for private medicine and education,
> but there should be a system for everybody to access.
> --- On Wed, 1/12/10, Dave Ketchum <davek@...> wrote:
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> From: Dave Ketchum <davek@...>
> Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Socialism vs. Capitalism: Which is
> the Moral System
> To: PEACENET@..., Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Wednesday, 1 December, 2010, 2:47 PM
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> Â
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> Reading too much about the evils of capitalism, I went looking for a
> defense, and found one I liked: Â
> "http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/onprin/v1n3/thompson.html" -Â On
> Principle, v1n3, October 1993, by: C. Bradley Thompson.  Based on the
> words I like there:
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>
>
> "The intellectualsâ?T mantra runs something like this: In theory socialism
> is the morally superior social system despite its dismal record of failure
> in the real world. Capitalism, by contrast, is a morally bankrupt system
> despite the extraordinary prosperity it has created. In other words,
> capitalism at best, can only be defended on pragmatic grounds. We tolerate
> it because it works."
>
>
> "Capitalism is the only moral system because it requires human beings to
> deal with one another as traders--that is, as free moral agents trading
> and selling goods and services on the basis of mutual consent."
> "Capitalism is the only just system because the sole criterion that
> determines the value of thing exchanged is the free, voluntary, universal
> judgement of the consumer. Coercion and fraud are anathema to the
> free-market system."
> I think of restaurants as, usually, capitalistic efforts - rewarding those
> who produce well. Â On the other hand, some of what involves lots of money
> is not truly capitalism because of the ways decisions are made and
> rewarded.
> Seems like we live in a mixed economy of capitalism and socialism. Â Makes
> sense, but we could sometimes do better as to how we mix them together. Â
> Part of what I read here seems biased too much against socialism.
>
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