m1j wrote:
> 
> I agree with warp.
> When you take from the haves and give to the have nots without regard to the
> effort of acquisition then both die.

Who said anything about having no regard for the effort?

> Free money is not free. Somebody had to work for it.

You are right, it isn't free and someone did work for it.

> I have what I have because I did what it took to have it.

And had all of the benefits of modern society, that provided the chance
for you to survive infancy, have the chance at a good education,
possibly attend university at a decreased rate. Then you expended some
effort doing what? Building an entire industry from scratch, or more
likely building on top of what someone else had done before.

> Why should my hard
> work now become a sin in the eyes of the world? It sounds like socialism is
> becoming the new irrational religion based on the myth that everyone should be
> equal.

Opinion, and absurd.

> In the US in the past we understood the starting point was all the same but what
> you got after that was up to you. As of late our government keeps listening to
> the myths of socialism.
> 
> 

Why do people from the USA want to shout about socialism?

Really, what is the difference between 'socialist' health care and the
USA medicare/medicaid programs? Between socialist police and city run
police? Or city run water/trash/sewer. Or a city/state paid fire
department. Or taxes to pay for the interstate, the internet, TV.

Give up all of those, all of the benefits of modern society, and build
an industry from scratch against a monopoly without the help of
government tax breaks or enforced rules of capitalism. Then, as a fellow
American, I will listen to the anti-socialist rants without giggling.

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