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To: Longbow1969
Once the socialist disease becomes entrenched it is near impossible to get rid of it short of a total revolution followed by shock therapy to rip the parasitic remains out by the roots.

Sounds like a program I could get behind.

51 posted on 11/20/2011 4:43:03 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
Sounds like a program I could get behind.

Well, we will need you because that is probably how it is going to have to happen here. The only question is when, and no one knows if we are on the precipice of complete collapse or just a slow, painful decline.

Socialism voluntarily and democratically put in place by society is very, very hard to get rid of. The pattern, best I can tell, has rarely been broken with Thatcher being one of the few examples of a reversal. Other than that, Europe has been on a slow decline characterized by mostly left wing governments interrupted occasionally by conservative rule that is never able to curtail the social welfare state because the people can't really stomach any cuts.

When we do finally deal with the socialist rot in this country, I am convinced the constitution will need to be amended to specifically rule out any chance the federal entitlement state ever returns.

53 posted on 11/20/2011 5:06:37 PM PST by Longbow1969
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