Dem Congressman: ‘We’ve Proved That Communism Works’

[murray t turtle]

your comment tortures logic.

no one need argue pure communism sucks to show that historically almost every example of communistic type govt has created massive mis allocation of resources... long lines for very basic goods like bread... very low standards of living... extreme wealth gaps and very negative even oppressive personal liberty and freedom.
Not to mention extermination and torture of the opposition a la tax collectors and well armed govt militia men pointing ARs.

And for those of you on the left who prefer the above... let me hit close to home... Big Communism destroys the environment in a big way.

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Amen;
and [ in 1996]that was commie AK-47s [fully auto]:those LA crooks used to rob/shoot out Bank of America.And sure it was USA crooks that came against BAC, but commie Ak-47's were the tools of those crooks.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

It is telling that a liberal like this moron objects to spending money on a core government function, border control. What that has to do with communism escapes me, but I don't think logic is his strong suit.

 

[Navin Johnson]

There's no pure communism around, not even in the family, and there's no pure capitalism around, either. So to argue that one or the other always works, or never works, is sophomoric.

And proud of it. I'm a commie who works for a living.

Let's see, where did I first read that phrase about sleaziest piece of shit...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3686126&highlight=communist#post3686126

 

[Ricter]

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3686126&highlight=communist#post3686126

If you're saying I'm not a pure commie, you're right. Shrug.

 

[jem]

I don't think so. The gilded age of capitalism as we moved from an agrarian economy - corresponds too what the USSR went through since 1987... we saw massively positive movement for the people of Eastern Europe and Russia... perhaps until recently

Sounds like gilded age capitalism, too. Or a colonial banana republic.

 

[murray t turtle]

It is telling that a liberal like this moron objects to spending money on a core government function, border control. What that has to do with communism escapes me, but I don't think logic is his strong suit.

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Not sure that FLA clown grasps the difference between Cuba + TX-Mex. Maybe that 's what eating ears wax does. Praise the lord + pass the ammo

 

[LEAPup]

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Not sure that FLA clown grasps the difference between Cuba + TX-Mex. Maybe that 's what eating ears wax does. Praise the lord + pass the ammo

Like I said, look where he's from. Miami doesn't think Miami is part of Florida.

 

[Lucrum]

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the “War on Poverty” (announced in January of 1964) and the “Great Society” (announced 50 years ago yesterday). These were America’s two great experiments in using the power of the federal government to transform and radically improve the country. Fifty years and some 15 or 20 trillion dollars—depending on how you count—is a pretty good test and plenty of time to conclude that it has failed.

- See more at: http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/86...war-on-poverty-look-like#sthash.cKQeH8Pt.dpuf

 

[Ricter]

<img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q1debKMHw7k/U36DsrEBZcI/AAAAAAAAAq8/v4g6x9pT4g8/s1600/EPop2012.png">

"What is interesting is that most of the countries of the top of the list are countries with a large welfare state and very high taxes (including on labor). So the negative correlation between the welfare state and taxes and the ability to motivate people to work (and create jobs) that some bring back all the time does not seem to be present in the data."

 

[PiggyBank]

^ what would actually be interesting is a comparison of the private sector participation rate in these countries. govt jobs are net takers of tax revenue.

I know this comment has nothing to do with the point you were trying to make.