tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954612666424940851.post35891958715569534..comments2023-09-12T06:37:36.375-07:00Comments on The Peaceful Gnome: The Tea PartiesLarry Devichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06671152672813458918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954612666424940851.post-75397394897752906992009-04-24T14:34:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:34:00.000-07:00Larry you seem to be confusing socialism with a co...Larry you seem to be confusing socialism with a corrupt communist system like they have in Cuba and China. He was talking about England and Canada who are pretty open societies with plenty of opportunities just like we used to have here in the States. Now it is too hard to get college funding for anyone to be able to get a decent education and get anywhere in life. The rich just get richer and the poor get poorer. The rich will not trickle anything down, they want to horde their money in affront to God and become like gods themselves. Jesus preached heavily against this and he gladly hung out with tax collectors. Jesus had no problem with taxes, leave to Caesar what is Caesar's. He did have a problem with rich people though. It will be harder for them to get to heaven than it is to fit a camel through the eye of a needle. Yes, a real camel through a real needle!ConernedCitizenhttp://www.adventist.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954612666424940851.post-31614082629860274802009-04-22T14:39:00.000-07:002009-04-22T14:39:00.000-07:00That sounds more like the U.S. You can't get a dec...That sounds more like the U.S. You can't get a decent education unless you have money. Sure, I got grants, but only could afford a community college which was overcrowded and didn't have the classes open I needed for my degree, so I dropped out.<br /><br />In Canada it is much easier to get into an actual university and it is much cheaper.<br /><br />Sorry, but I didn't want to take out a bunch of student loans and still be paying them off 10-15 years later.<br /><br />I was struck once by a car and my employer did not provide health care. I was on the hook for $15,000. He didn't leave correct insurance info with the cops so I was never able to get it covered. I had to file bankruptcy. In Canada I would have been taken care of AND not had to pay a ton of money for it.<br /><br />I wish the U.S. would take care of its citizens. I was raised by a single mom who had no resources. We lived on food stamps, the Oregon Health Plan and welfare. Socialist programs! They work.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816103831811485260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954612666424940851.post-29086998642980702632009-04-22T08:54:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:54:00.000-07:00I suppose that depends on your definition of "work...I suppose that depends on your definition of "working". It does serve to keep the ruling class firmly in control there with no chance for anyone on the bottom to move up, other than the occasional entertainer who then promptly flees for freer lands... but if the people there are content to be well fed serfs that is their choice I guess.Larry Devichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671152672813458918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954612666424940851.post-69233433077422301062009-04-22T08:40:00.000-07:002009-04-22T08:40:00.000-07:00What is wrong with socialism, again? It seems to b...What is wrong with socialism, again? It seems to be working pretty well for Canada and Britain...Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816103831811485260noreply@blogger.com