XPost: alt.anarchism, alt.politics, alt.politics.socialism   
   XPost: alt.politics.liberalism   
   From: none@no.body   
      
   gringo  wrote:   
   > uri wrote:   
   > > I don't mind a small government but currently the government is too   
   > > big and has too many functions:   
   > >   
   > > 1. The making of laws and rules.   
   > > 2. The making of prisons and detention facilities.   
   > > 3. Traffic law and driver licensing   
   > > 4. Mental health laws and involuntary commitment   
   > > 5. Immigration policies   
   > > 6. Monetary policy and the administration of the money system.   
   > > 7. Educational policy, college admissions and standardized testing   
   > >   
   > > If there is any government at all, then socialism or communism is the   
   > > best form of government. A smaller government means more individual   
   > > freedom and less inequality in terms of power. Communism wants to do   
   > > away with the vast inequalities in terms of money income, property and   
   > > power.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > vast difference between communism and socialism.  communism centralizes   
   > power in the hands of a few for the benefit of the few--much like pure,   
   > unfettered capitalism.   
   >   
   > The best system is an amalgamation of socialism and capitalism.   
   > Capitalism, to play to the entrepreneurial spirit; socialism, to insure   
   > that the greed fomented by capitalism doesn't rum amok to the detriment   
   > of the overwhelming majority of a nation's people.   
      
   That sounds like my belief.   
      
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