Posted on 02/19/2009 8:23:45 AM PST by mrpotatohead
February 18, 2009 Putin warns US to eschew socialism Clarice Feldman
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 ...
must = much
Nothing shocking about this at all.
Putin has never been a Communist, in terms of the economic side. He admired their military power, but it is well documented that he was no fan of Marxism. Not every Soviet apparatchik was driven by ideology.
Cognitive dissonance in liberals will escalate from this.
More popcorn.
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For once, I am just without words. Speechless.
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Agreed - boggles the mind.
I’m going to start learning Russian so I can be useful in rounding up others ... /sarc
Just waiting for FDR to rise from the dead to warm Obamster and the Dems about “the evils of Socialism”.....
Putin has spoken the truth.
No one in the clique surrounding the OBoomboom will listen for even a nanosecond.
BTW Rush is playing a mocked up version of Dancing Queen on the radio--singing Banking Queen and singing in a Barney Frank falsetto voice...he's really pushing the envelope.
Rush just brought the subject up.
Russians see us as having a civil war by 2010.
Is this a joke?! < :D
Did he now? Did he cite his source and is there an FR link already?
Send this to everyone you know (please).
I sent it to my liberal relatives. They may not listen to me, but they might listen to Vladimir Putin of the KGB of the Soviet Union. I also sent it to my conservative friends. I’m sure they will laugh as I did. Maybe they’ll pass it on. It’s the perfect message because you can sent it to anyone.
BTTT
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