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Mathinc:
Incidentally, thanks for engaging in a sound, polite discussion. It's refreshing, really. Onward, a response to your side-notes above...
First off, we are not the company we keep. True, it says a lot about a person, but innuendo is flimsy, and if you're going to analyze a person, analyze them comprehensively. Don't cherry-pick to suit your thesis. Be intellectually honest and fair.
Second, we do not own the auto industry or banking. Both industries were bailed out by us through extreme loans. The auto loans are more of a gamble, yes. But the banking loans are due to be paid in full early, thereby averting the worst financial disaster since The Great Depression. But in both cases, ownership is not the case.
Adequate health care (not gold-standard) should be a right, and the free market is not supporting that right. This should be repaired, and the Obama administration is not doing anything to own it. True, Obama believes that the gov't would administer it better than the market is doing at the moment, but he has often expressed his outright desire to finding a solution in which both market forces exist alongside the gov't safety net.
Regarding wealth redistribution, virtually every tax-paying American is for it. We live in a country that levies a progressive tax. By definition, this is wealth redistribution. If you want a flat tax, that's at least intellectually consistent, but otherwise please keep in mind the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution.
If the words are to be used, they should be used correctly.
- Sorry folks...I had a late coffee...and I think the caffeine is finally wearing off. G'night.luckyorphan
- haha well I'm one red bull down and working my ass off. This has been a nice distraction. :)mathinc