tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post510797771808957838..comments2023-10-12T07:59:31.827-04:00Comments on Antiquitopia: Ok...Why Obama is not a SocialistJared Calawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-35515310227936409742008-10-30T16:56:00.000-04:002008-10-30T16:56:00.000-04:00BTW, did you know that it is reported that Obama's...BTW, did you know that it is reported that Obama's aunt lives in poverty in Boston. Did Obama provide for her? No, so he is not a socialist, only a socialist when it comes to the ignoramouses of America...like me.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-17083707244583687952008-10-30T16:54:00.000-04:002008-10-30T16:54:00.000-04:00As soon as I responded to your last post, I recogn...As soon as I responded to your last post, I recognized that I should've also used the bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Wouldn't these two governmental organizations, which support the poor with opportunities that they otherwise would not have, considered "socialist"? After all, it is the government providing for the poor and not the rich, like the bail-out of Wall Street.<BR/><BR/>Although socialism sounds good, it assumes that those who maintain the reigns of distribution will be honest and forthright in thier distribution. History does not prove this to be the case, as corruption is bred on the heels of absolute power. And money is power added to the power of "the State". I don't think that this will produce anything other than a depressed economy. Why? Because those who do the investing (the weatlthy) are going to be taxed doubly to provide for the government's charitable programs. I don't see that there will be incentive to give over and above the taxes that will be extorted from them.<BR/><BR/>I am no economist, so maybe my ignorance needs informing. But, I doubt that the State providing the Church with needed revenue to do charitable service will render any gratitude on the part of the poor. It will become an expected "service of government" distributed by the Church. Then, will the Church be under government't control, as in taxation? What about governmental controls on the Church itself, in form of worship, and regulation?<BR/><BR/>That is scary, indeed! (and I didn't get it from the McCain campaign)Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com