>>>One way to test for correct logic is to push an idea to its limit. If it still makes sense at the extreme then the idea is sound. So, let's apply the test to capitalism and socialism.
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>>>Capitalism (Republicans) - Reduces taxation to allow profits in business to afford the hiring of new people who become taxpayers
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>>>Socialism (Democrats) - Increases taxation and spend the money on government programs to see that all have equitable income.
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>>>Extreme Capitalism - Reduces taxation to nothing. The government becomes small. New ideas are brought forth. New inventions are created. Citizens thrive. Everybody works.
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>>You missed some steps: Reduces taxation to nothing. The government disappears. Public works, including roads, schools, and garbage collection, fall apart. Public safety systems, such as police and firefighters, disappear. Children are not educated. Vermin proliferate. Mobs rule.
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>>Tamar
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>So, society becomes a 'user pay' group?

What a terrible idea. The whole reason we form societies is to share costs and risks and make things better for the group. There's room for legitimate disagreement about what items should be handled by society and what by individuals, but I think it would be very hard to make a good argument that nothing should be handled by the society as a whole.

Tamar