With all due respect to your time in grade here at FreeRepublic.........
What....planet....are....you....from?
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This is true for some businesses in Europe, but not the vast majority.
Our own government owns and operates some businesses, but I would hardly declare that we are living in a socialist "paradise".
How much success did Palin and McCain have with trying to label Obama a socialist? Answer: Zilch.
Even if it were the case that we or the Europeans are socialists it just doesn't play. It sounds like extremist cage-rattling and nut-job conspiracy talk.
What phrases and thoughts seem normal here on FreeRepublic are often far outside the mainstream in normal conversation. We compain about the tinfoil crowd among us, but to most average people we are all wearing tinfoil crowns.