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Putin Warns The US Against Socialism
Young Amercians Documentary ^ | 2/16/09 | Pat Dollard

Posted on 02/17/2009 5:35:13 PM PST by pissant

Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.

“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”

Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, “Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”

Putin also cautioned the US against using military Keynesianism to lift its economy out of recession, saying, “in the longer run, militarization won’t solve the problem but will rather quell it temporarily. What it will do is squeeze huge financial and other resources from the economy instead of finding better and wiser uses for them.” Putin’s comments come in sharp contrast to Russia’s own military buildup and expansion.

Putin also echoed the words of conservative maverick Ron Paul when he said, “we must assess the real situation and write off all hopeless debts and ‘bad’ assets. True, this will be an extremely painful and unpleasant process. Far from everyone can accept such measures, fearing for their capitalization, bonuses, or reputation. However, we would ‘conserve’ and prolong the crisis, unless we clean up our balance sheets.”

“The time for enlightenment has come. We must calmly, and without gloating, assess the root causes of this situation and try to peek into the future.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: evilempire; obama; putin; socialism
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To: pissant

What the dumbass DemocRATS and their Obamacorns don’t understand is that you can’t have Socialism and the America we once had at the same time. Socialism is a parasite. It feeds off of capitalism. Unfortuantely, it eventually kills its host. That’s what is happening right now.


21 posted on 02/17/2009 5:45:34 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
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To: pissant
Uhhh..... there's a photo accompanying the article of Putin displaying a really exaggerated winking of one eye.

Can you say "April 1st is early this year"???

22 posted on 02/17/2009 5:45:45 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (If my kids make a mistake in the voting booth, I don't want them punished with a community organizer)
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To: pandoraou812
Here's the original article Guess it's real. Now I'm REALLY depressed.
23 posted on 02/17/2009 5:45:57 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10

“Is this for real?”

I was wondering the same thing.

It’s a sad state of affairs when the marxists are warning
America that they’re about to fall off into an economic abyss.

Socialism/marxism/communism, and all the other ism’s, does
nothing but hinder economic growth and the Russian’s know
this from experience.


24 posted on 02/17/2009 5:46:06 PM PST by Semper Mark (Second Amendment Guarantees The First Amendment)
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To: pissant

I just read this to the home crowd... like Cid said, “we’ve out commied the commies”. If it wasn’t so sad and true, it would be hilarious...


25 posted on 02/17/2009 5:46:10 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: pissant

oh, the irony ^ 2


26 posted on 02/17/2009 5:46:44 PM PST by Gene Eric
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To: HerrBlucher

Yup, its like we have all walked through the looking glass only to find a hookah smoking caterpillar is now our President....”

HA! HA! That is quite a mental image. Thanks for the laugh.


27 posted on 02/17/2009 5:46:49 PM PST by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: pissant

Next to Obama, Putin sounds like Barry Goldwater.


28 posted on 02/17/2009 5:48:06 PM PST by valkyry1
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To: pissant

So why’s he backing Chavez?


29 posted on 02/17/2009 5:48:07 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vayiqach sefer haberit vayiqra' be'onzey ha`am; vayo'mru kol 'asher-dibber HaShem na`aseh venishma`.)
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To: pissant

Strange days, indeed. Ping


30 posted on 02/17/2009 5:49:00 PM PST by newheart (Obama. We kind of underestimated the creepiness.)
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To: pissant
I'll listen to whatever Putin has to say, as long as he keeps his shirt on! ;)

We ARE living in interesting times. (Most do not know that that is actually a CURSE, and not a wish of Goodwill.)

"May you live in interesting times."

31 posted on 02/17/2009 5:49:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: pissant
Too late Putie. Seenour new flag under the 'O'?


32 posted on 02/17/2009 5:50:19 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: pissant

Well the socialist world knows they need a capitalist America for socialism to survive.


33 posted on 02/17/2009 5:51:10 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: rintense
Life is very strange right now...

Maybe Bush really did see a soul in there. Next we'll have Chavez warning us not to nationalize the banks.

34 posted on 02/17/2009 5:51:37 PM PST by Bearshouse
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To: pissant

There’s are many differences between us and the Soviet Union in 1917.

The most important one is that we have lots of guns in private hands. For those who own a gun, do NOT give it up. Ever. I don’t care what laws Obama and his gang pass.


35 posted on 02/17/2009 5:51:57 PM PST by Our man in washington
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Same reason he like the Obamunist.


36 posted on 02/17/2009 5:54:05 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: HerrBlucher; John Semmens

I had to come back and make sure I hadn’t swallowed another one of John Semmens’s plastic worms. Incredible.


37 posted on 02/17/2009 5:54:09 PM PST by VR-21 ("If it's a vision of the future you want...")
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To: madison10
Is this for real?

All too real.

38 posted on 02/17/2009 5:56:40 PM PST by MichiganConservative (You are a slave. The government is your owner and master. For many slaves, it is also their god.)
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To: MichiganConservative

Terrifying that.


39 posted on 02/17/2009 5:57:25 PM PST by madison10
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To: pissant

“Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity”

Meanwhile the Russian Stock Market suspended trading again today...


40 posted on 02/17/2009 5:58:05 PM PST by NoLibZone (To preserve this nation a strongly worded email is in order!)
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