Why I am leaving the US...

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irstupid said:

Akvod said:

irstupid said:

so your big on socialism huh

Isn't socialism where the government owns the means to production (capital) vs capitalism (private ownership of capital)?

I don't see how the government buying goods, lowering interest rates (they're already at or near 0 now), lowering taxes, giving stimuluses, etc is socialism.

The corporations don't have to sell the goods and services to the government, but I don't see why they wouldn't if they were rational and selfish beings.

ah i guess it might actually be a bit more communism to have all classes earn the same money

both are similar in that they aim to not have rich and poor but everyone living the same standard of living.  teh 40-45% as the OP put.

Dunno if I agree with his numbers BUT I can see where he is coming from..over the past 10 years the gap between the compensation of an employee and the executives of the company has risen by a great margin, even when the recession was going on. Has it stopped now? nope it still as bad or worse...don't really care much for communism, socialism or even democracy, the spread of wealth can and should be better than this in the USA