25 posted on 10/28/2008 7:11:44 PM PDT by webschooner
(Welcome to the wonderful world of Socialism -- kindly check your money and possessions at the door.)
Socialism uses government power to redistribute wealth. In totalitarian countries such as USSR, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc., it has caused widespread shortages of basic goods and services. These Communist countries used an "Iron Curtain" to keep their citizens from emigrating. Although this acts as a drag on the economy, in democratic countries of the industrialized west, some socialist ideas have been put into practice with varying degrees of success.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Socialist
26 posted on 10/28/2008 7:15:24 PM PDT by Lady GOP