Op-ed: "The Real Problem With Lunch" (U.S. school lunches)
Bruce wrote:
> On 18/1/2016 10:52 MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:40:50 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> The problem with socialism is that every attempt to implement it, has
>>> led to dictatorship.
>>>
>> The problem with extreme socialism is that it puts government in charge of
>> things that are better left in private hands. Balance is the key. Some
>> things are better when operated by the state, like children's education,
>> roads, libraries, police and fire, the military and public lands. Some
>> things are surely better off being privately owned, like factories,
>> retailers, the media (obviously, though non and not for profits also play
>> a role), construction, mining, agriculture, etc.
>>
>> The working class needs to be class conscious, but that doesn't mean being
>> against capitalism. In the pre-tractor days, a farmer could be far more
>> productive if he had a mule. Well, mules are notorious for kicking when
>> you turn your back on them. So, the working class gets kicked by the mule
>> (the capitalist). If the worker is foolish, he either kills the mule
>> (communism) or repeatedly lets himself be kicked (working class Republican
>> voter), but if he is wise, he supports a highly unionized workforce that can
>> bargain collectively with the owners, and a government that tempers the
>> excesses of capitalism, and through progressive taxation, prevents an obscene
>> concentration of wealth by those at the very top of the economy.
>
> I agree. Bridled capitalism is the way to go. Bridled to such a degree
> that excesses like Walmart aren't possible.
>
You know less than nothing, you Auztarded troll.
Drop ****ing dead, you asshole!
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