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Obama: 'The Label of Socialism Doesn't Make Much Sense'
Cybercast News Service ^ | November 7, 2016 | 1:00 PM EST | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 11/07/2016 6:29:15 PM PST by Olog-hai

In an interview with HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” President Barack Obama said Friday that “there’s no economy that doesn’t have some socialist elements” because there are some “common goods” that everyone agrees people should have.

“The label ‘socialism’ doesn’t make that much sense in a context where there’s no economy that doesn’t have some socialist elements, meaning that there’s some common goods that we all agree everybody should have. That’s what Social Security is. That’s what Medicare is to some extent. That’s what public schools are,” Obama said.

“We all chip in to make sure that everybody — no matter the circumstances of your birth — have these baseline goods, and as you know I’ve felt pretty strongly that health care should be one of those goods,” the president said. …

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: obama; socialism
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1 posted on 11/07/2016 6:29:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Ah, liberals and their word-play. So clever.


2 posted on 11/07/2016 6:29:52 PM PST by Steely Tom ([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
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To: Olog-hai

What an a-hole.


3 posted on 11/07/2016 6:30:02 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Steely Tom

This rat scum will never be called to account for the damage he has inflicted on this nation.


4 posted on 11/07/2016 6:31:36 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Olog-hai

Alinskyite muslim a$$hole.


5 posted on 11/07/2016 6:31:36 PM PST by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: rlmorel

Normal idiots are assholes. This guy is a rectum.


6 posted on 11/07/2016 6:32:13 PM PST by DoughtyOne ( And on the first day they voted. And the Lord saw, and it was good.)
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To: Steely Tom

This from a guy supported he the National Socialist Party of the USA


7 posted on 11/07/2016 6:32:15 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (When the MSM wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
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To: Olog-hai
“We all chip in to make sure that everybody...

And by 'we' he means, somebody else...

8 posted on 11/07/2016 6:33:26 PM PST by fhayek
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To: Olog-hai

Of course not, they are communists, not socialists. They believe they should control everything because as scared little children they understand nothing so they feel the need to be in control of everything.


9 posted on 11/07/2016 6:33:51 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: Olog-hai

OK Obama, if you feel that way..give up YOUR wealth and tell your celebrity libtard buddies to give up their wealth as well


10 posted on 11/07/2016 6:33:58 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Olog-hai

Just. Shut. Up.

And GO AWAY!


11 posted on 11/07/2016 6:37:26 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Olog-hai

“We all agree”?

N O we don’t “all agree”!


12 posted on 11/07/2016 6:37:40 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

Guess what....He doesn’t know what socialism is. It’s not the programs....it’s the government control.


13 posted on 11/07/2016 6:42:14 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: DoughtyOne

I know. What really bothers me is that this POS is going to have streets and schools named after him, and he definitely isn’t going to shut his stinking pie-hole when he leaves office. That bit of consideration is only given by dumb-ass Republican ex-presidents.

How long have we had to listen to Carter? 35 years? And now we will have to listen to the spew from this traitor’s mouth for...how long?


14 posted on 11/07/2016 6:42:36 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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To: Sacajaweau

In that case, he does know.


15 posted on 11/07/2016 6:43:39 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: CodeToad

Same thing. All semantics since 1848.


16 posted on 11/07/2016 6:44:50 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Barry, thou art either a liar or just plain stupid.


17 posted on 11/07/2016 6:44:55 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Olog-hai

Oh obama just go away and shut up.


18 posted on 11/07/2016 6:46:07 PM PST by uncitizen (Every vote is needed to offset the Cheating Left!)
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To: Olog-hai

The Devil’s greatest trick was convincing humans that he didn’t exist....


19 posted on 11/07/2016 6:48:51 PM PST by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Olog-hai

The Devil’s greatest trick was convincing humans that he didn’t exist....


20 posted on 11/07/2016 6:48:55 PM PST by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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