tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post764211658530855250..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: By the People, For the PeoplePBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-87290775027237336162015-10-14T20:37:04.919-04:002015-10-14T20:37:04.919-04:00I wish that more people would recognize that we al...I wish that more people would recognize that we already live in a socialist state. And I'm not talking about the recent use of that term to describe what Obama is "doing to us." What I mean is that we pay taxes to fund our infrastructure. We also live in a democracy, which means that we vote on those issues, as opposed to a dictatorship where we don't. And our economy is based on capitalism, with free enterprise and all that entails. All we are doing in our democratic tug of war is determining just how much to tax people and how much to spend on public projects. It's that simple. Socialism is not a bad word. At least it shouldn't be to a reasonable thinking person.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721130066588282491noreply@blogger.com