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Putin warns US to eschew socialism
The American Thinker ^ | February 18, 2009 | Clarice Feldman

Posted on 02/18/2009 12:09:57 PM PST by Scanian

What is the world coming to? Pat Dollard reports the Russian leader warned the US against adopting socialism because it doesn't work: 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.”[Snip.]

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 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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: debthyperinflation; democrats; evilempire; globalization; liberalagenda; neomarxism; obama; putin; socialism; tm
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You can't make this stuff up!
1 posted on 02/18/2009 12:09:58 PM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

The world is backwards.


2 posted on 02/18/2009 12:10:40 PM PST by swaimh ("... shall not be infringed." The most important four words of the Second Amendment)
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To: Scanian

Obama could care less.


3 posted on 02/18/2009 12:10:46 PM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Scanian

The world has turned upside down.


4 posted on 02/18/2009 12:10:56 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Scanian

Putin has never been a Communist. Yes, he admired the Soviet Union’s military might, but like anyone with a brain, he could see the economic basket case centralized planned economies left the old Soviet Union.


5 posted on 02/18/2009 12:11:54 PM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Red Steel

amazing. I didn’t know Putin was a capitalist


6 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:01 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: Scanian

It’s a terrible shame when Russia’s President is smarter than our own.


7 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:12 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Nihil utile nisi quod honestum - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Scanian

Even Putin can see it. The U.S. is morphing into the U.S.S.A.


8 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:25 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Resolved: Gregg, McCain, Snowe, Spectre: 2010, Collins, Graham: 2014)
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To: Scanian

Surreal.


9 posted on 02/18/2009 12:12:39 PM PST by Pox
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To: b4its2late

“Obama could care less.”

True. Remember the old standard...it’s not that socialism doesn’t work, it’s just that it hasn’t been tried by the right people.


10 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:03 PM PST by NeoConfederate
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To: Scanian

[You can’t make this stuff up!]

Too funny! That is exactly what I was going to post.


11 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:26 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Scanian
Marx said the road to Socialism is through Democracy.
The road to Communism is through Socialism.

But heck, even Shumpeter reluctantly admitted the same.
The sheep have finally led us all to slaughter.


12 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:37 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: swaimh

I’ve been saying to a long time that the USA is becoming more like the USSR and Russia is becoming more like the USA.


13 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:42 PM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: Scanian

Oh, the delicious sarcasm! Armageddon is turning out to be funnier than I expected.


14 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:47 PM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Scanian

Shumpeter = Schumpeter


15 posted on 02/18/2009 12:13:56 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: John Semmens

Pootie beat you to it! LOL!


16 posted on 02/18/2009 12:14:15 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: swaimh

Can we trade Obama for Putin?

LOL.


17 posted on 02/18/2009 12:14:26 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Scanian

This isn’t satire??? Holy carp.


18 posted on 02/18/2009 12:14:30 PM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs)
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To: swaimh

It’s felt like I’ve been on an extended acid trip since last November 4, but this...this is just wild, man.


19 posted on 02/18/2009 12:14:33 PM PST by AngryJawa (Obama's Success is America's Failure)
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To: Scanian

Putin is just tweaking Obama. Of course if the US economy stays tanked, so does the world economy and oil prices stay where they are.


20 posted on 02/18/2009 12:14:34 PM PST by listenhillary (Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
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