Socialism is good in theory, but has two problems:
1) people in general hate the idea of sharing what they have worked hard for with the population.
2) people in general are lazy, so there will always be a lot of people working less hard than others and then expecting the hard workers to share what they have earned.
If everyone worked hard to contribute, and also had a good heart and did not mind sharing, then it could work. However, these are against human nature.
That does not mean there is any reason to stop being a good and helpful person. We need more good people on this planet.
This is only against human nature because humans are all at the core "selfish," by the definition you just explained.. Taking money away from people exudes more control and less freedom than what our country stands up for. So that's the problem.. even in a communist nation where everyone is ranked as equals, the leader/figure-head is still the most wealthy and powerful. The idea of democracy places the power in the hands of the people, and the federal government is only supposed to guide those who are corrupt with their status if it benefits the SAFETY of it's people. We all don't have to be millionaire's, but the idea that a country could invest as much money into it's citizens bank accounts that everyone could retire as millionaire's is baffling compared to the war's spiraling debt (which has achieved us nothing other than removing Saddam Hussein for plotting against us on 9/11... wait-WHAT?). Obviously if everyone retired we wouldn't have an economy to return to, but it's the principle that if a COUNTRY has enough wealth to give away like we have to this war, than the government should use the money IT controls(as opposed to OUR taxes and minimum-wage)for an investment in it's own people. If the gov't can declare billion dollar bailouts for failing banks and natural disasters, could you imagine what it would have been like to use the bail-out money of today on tax-breaks back when we could afford it? Investing one trillion ten years ago out of the 13 trillion we owe now would have sparked the economy, if anything! People would go out and spend more instead of less, which is what forces the big-expensive guys on top to eventually go bankrupt only to be BAILED OUT in the long run! But since that investment would not directly apply to the "trickle-down-theory" by skipping the middle-man/b.s. and go right into OUR pockets, it has never happened. Not taking away others money but using the money that we did have at one point to help are citizens is what a real socialist gov't should do if one was ever to exist. Do everything for the people, the government should only exist for the people, the gov't SHOULD NOT BE GETTING RICH OFF IT'S PEOPLE! Why take away money from those who actually earned it (sorry, investment bankers are scams that rip off the world, not hard-earned back-breaking jobs) when we apparently still have enough money to pay for AIG's $85 BILLION vacation pay?? Karma man, we reap what we sow. Now let the bull-shit RAIN!
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Socialism is good in theory, but has two problems:
1) people in general hate the idea of sharing what they have worked hard for with the population.
2) people in general are lazy, so there will always be a lot of people working less hard than others and then expecting the hard workers to share what they have earned.
If everyone worked hard to contribute, and also had a good heart and did not mind sharing, then it could work. However, these are against human nature.
That does not mean there is any reason to stop being a good and helpful person. We need more good people on this planet.
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This is only against human nature because humans are all at the core "selfish," by the definition you just explained.. Taking money away from people exudes more control and less freedom than what our country stands up for. So that's the problem.. even in a communist nation where everyone is ranked as equals, the leader/figure-head is still the most wealthy and powerful. The idea of democracy places the power in the hands of the people, and the federal government is only supposed to guide those who are corrupt with their status if it benefits the SAFETY of it's people. We all don't have to be millionaire's, but the idea that a country could invest as much money into it's citizens bank accounts that everyone could retire as millionaire's is baffling compared to the war's spiraling debt (which has achieved us nothing other than removing Saddam Hussein for plotting against us on 9/11... wait-WHAT?). Obviously if everyone retired we wouldn't have an economy to return to, but it's the principle that if a COUNTRY has enough wealth to give away like we have to this war, than the government should use the money IT controls(as opposed to OUR taxes and minimum-wage)for an investment in it's own people. If the gov't can declare billion dollar bailouts for failing banks and natural disasters, could you imagine what it would have been like to use the bail-out money of today on tax-breaks back when we could afford it? Investing one trillion ten years ago out of the 13 trillion we owe now would have sparked the economy, if anything! People would go out and spend more instead of less, which is what forces the big-expensive guys on top to eventually go bankrupt only to be BAILED OUT in the long run! But since that investment would not directly apply to the "trickle-down-theory" by skipping the middle-man/b.s. and go right into OUR pockets, it has never happened. Not taking away others money but using the money that we did have at one point to help are citizens is what a real socialist gov't should do if one was ever to exist. Do everything for the people, the government should only exist for the people, the gov't SHOULD NOT BE GETTING RICH OFF IT'S PEOPLE! Why take away money from those who actually earned it (sorry, investment bankers are scams that rip off the world, not hard-earned back-breaking jobs) when we apparently still have enough money to pay for AIG's $85 BILLION vacation pay?? Karma man, we reap what we sow. Now let the bull-shit RAIN!