February 16th, 2004, 08:14 PM
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Re: OT- Rights in the USA and Canada and the world
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Originally posted by Rollo:
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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
gee, pretty soon democratic russia might be fighting communist us.
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this has nothing to do with communism.
We, in the US, DO have a sort of communism. We just don't use that word. But, we have a tax system based upon ability to pay, and a welfare system that takes care of those who don't/can't do it. It's kind of like a communism with a twist, so to speak.
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ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. (Ambrose Bierce)
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