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maineman » 28 Jan 2023, 5:51 pm » wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2023, 5:51 pm

So...  single payer (with an "e", not an "o") government subsidized healthcare is totally socialist, but single sourced totally government funded fire protection is NOT.    hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Like I said... we are a representative democracy... and the voting citizens of that representative democracy voted to form a constitutional republic.... that is run by a legislature that is democratically elected on a regular basis.  Our economy is capitalist that is minimally regulated by the government.  Those voting citizens of our representative democracy also decided that some service aspects of our capitalist economy - fire prevention and control, crime prevention and control, public transit, health care, utility distribution, road maintenance, to name but a few - are better managed at the state and national levels.  Government administration  of NONE of those aspects of our extremely complex capitalist economy turns that economy "socialist".  Government does not own the means of production of the economy.  The NYSE sells ownership shares of our economy to private citizens every single day.  Government does NOT own the means of production... everyone with a portfolio or an IRA or a retirement plan does.... they all own a piece of the American dream...the capitalist American dream.