05-23-2002, 04:19 AM
I'm not saying I'm for pure lassiez-faire (spelling please??) Capitalism because monopolies, price fixing, and other exploitations would run rampant (though the media and fast flow of information would stem some of that due to public outcry--but I digress). But under Capitalism, the only thing that the government can do is put impediments in front of the economy's growth, or assist in its slowdown. FDR handing out money to poor people and setting up a government-sponsored pyramid retirement scheme isn't what jumpstarted the economy in the 30s. Like every other economic downturn in this country's past and future, entrepreneurship fixed it.
And if Regan had ever been proven to have lied under oath in Congress to a direct yes or no question or have been proved to violate the constitution in any way (which he hasn't -- even in Iran Contra, there's no actual proof despite years of digging) I would have said that he should have been impeached as well.
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Where? When? Socialists always say that you can't say Socialism wouldn't work becuase "pure" Socialism has never been tried. When has "pure" Capitalism ever been tried? Are you talking about turn of the century when there were very few controls on business and we had the biggest technical and economic boom in the country's history?
Edited By Galt on May 23 2002 at 12:23
And if Regan had ever been proven to have lied under oath in Congress to a direct yes or no question or have been proved to violate the constitution in any way (which he hasn't -- even in Iran Contra, there's no actual proof despite years of digging) I would have said that he should have been impeached as well.
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Quote:Pure Capitalism has shown itself to not work
Where? When? Socialists always say that you can't say Socialism wouldn't work becuase "pure" Socialism has never been tried. When has "pure" Capitalism ever been tried? Are you talking about turn of the century when there were very few controls on business and we had the biggest technical and economic boom in the country's history?
Edited By Galt on May 23 2002 at 12:23