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Thread #103415   Message #2128223
Posted By: Ron Davies
17-Aug-07 - 05:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: And the next US President will be
Subject: RE: BS: And the next US President will be
Rig--

Wrong.

1) You mention public employees unions. They are growing.

2) Any growing employee group--in which the workers are in an area which needs more staffing--can form a union. An obvious area is health care--which will be growing for the foreseeable future.

3) Your dream of abolishing capitalism is just that. Capitalism obviously needs restriction--which it's not been getting under the Bush maladministration. But pure socialism is also not the answer. Look at Scandanavia--supposedly a Socialist model. Actually it has huge elements of capitalism. Nowhere in the world is there pure Socialism. Nor will there be--since it wouldn't work. It is always necessary to appeal to self-interest--your own betterment, not just the betterment of the group. Sorry, that's human nature. Good luck trying to change it.