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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Mar 19, 2020 10:07:08 GMT -5
Socialism was capitalism.
Yeah that's right, my conservative friend told me not to cash the check (I'll believe it when I see it) if I don't like Trump. I told him not to cash it if he doesn't like socialism. To which he insisted was not socialism but capitalism. Game on. "Who is going to pay for it?" I asked. "It's already paid for", he says. "Excuse me Professor, it's going to add a trillion dollars to the DEFICIT, or in my short time as an economics student you can't pay for something WITH THE DEFICIT". He googles something. Now I'm beating him over the head with about a dozen cases of the things his ilk are always squealing about being socialism, and the googling intensifies as the brow begins to furl. "The government is about to give you money that you did not earn, that is going to eventually be paid for by people who work for it, and you're retired, that's socialism 101 according to the right wing, right?".
"No, no, that's not what socialism is."
Then what is it?
"Time to change the subject".
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Post by minx on Mar 19, 2020 13:23:28 GMT -5
It's never socialism when you benefit!
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Mar 19, 2020 15:12:10 GMT -5
Well, I hope I've given y'all some high quality ammo, not that you need my help. If you have any of your own, post them. I think we should work on a set of bullet points we can use to respond and hopefully goes viral.
You might be a socialist IF
* You accept and cash your stimulus check. * Take ANY aid from the government that other people have to pay for. * * *
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Post by minx on Mar 19, 2020 16:28:42 GMT -5
Say you 'earned' that check
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That time
Mar 19, 2020 17:43:24 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by bobathon on Mar 19, 2020 17:43:24 GMT -5
Keep government paws off my Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid mentality.
If it was capitalism, what did he do to EARN it? Moocher.
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Post by minx on Mar 20, 2020 8:55:30 GMT -5
You think you're entitled to a free COVID-19 test
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Post by Dave's Not Here Man on Mar 20, 2020 9:15:41 GMT -5
Well, I hope I've given y'all some high quality ammo, not that you need my help. If you have any of your own, post them. I think we should work on a set of bullet points we can use to respond and hopefully goes viral. You might be a socialist IF * You accept and cash your stimulus check. * Take ANY aid from the government that other people have to pay for. * You think you're entitled to a free COVID-19 test * *
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