That depends on what you consider the difference being between welfare state and welfare itself, and depends on what pie chart you're looking at.
This Is Why People Are Pissed Off At Socialism
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He's not actually correct. If you look at the entire welfare state, including healthcare, pensions, etc. along with general welfare itself, it is a HUGE piece of the budget. The biggest as a matter of fact.
I would argue it's done so that the business, the enterprise, can be sustainable. If it was just about owners making more money then collective bargaining would be disallowed. There is a recognition that no workers (athletes) means no product.
You can try to twist this to try to minimize the socialist characteristics of how pro leagues function, but it won't work. Again, I'm not saying it's pure socialism by any means, I'm just pointing out that there are some very strong arguably socialist aspects to what makes MLB, NFL, and NBA work.
Pensions are now welfare? I thought you were pushing for capitalism in this thread? You don't believe in contracting?
It's a tax advantage for both the employers and whom they employ. It also has not set limit, beyond the amount you get per month. You get it as long as you live, and most probably get a lot more then what they put into it. Most of the money that pension receivers get is coming from the current crop of the working society.
Pensions are most definitely included in the Welfare state category.
I am with you except I believe we have a tad too much socialist controls. We need to free up companies a little
This was the original picture:
This was the original pic that I have been responding to. I know no socialists or liberals who are disgusted by a house like that.
If a capitalist wants everyone to be able to live in a house like that he should be willing to pay his yard maintenance people, and the people who actually built the house enough to be able to afford it.
The pic is a deception.
Your view that the yard workers and home builders need a subsidy to live this lifestyle is the best way to ensure they never will. The capitalist doesn't condemn them to being yard workers and builders and believes they have the opportunity to improve themselves is they aspire to.
Welfare State-a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
You can't play the "legacy of colonization" card when the US was a colony, China was divided up, and Japan and Germany had their industrial infrastructure removed and were occupied for decades.
Also, please list all of the problems Latin America faces, and how they came from colonialism.
"pensions" in that definition would be the British OAP, our modern day Social Security.
This, also the term pension used above referred to a defined benefit plan.
That second line isnt even close. It should read, they dont give a shit about the house everybody else has.
Military budget has not gone down very much in size. I'm not saying this is just a George W. Bush doing. Yeah he cut taxes and ramped up the military budget.
Obama's not done much to help bring it under control. It's gone down slightly since Bush's last year but it was actually higher then that the first few year's of Obama's presidency.
Obama will meet with the pope and they shall figure out how to "soft kill" the world with socialism so it doesn't tick people off so much.
Isn't the world currently on sort of a "hard kill" path now? Would you not agree that maybe the pendulum has swung too far in some aspects of capitalism? Can we move away from a this vs that debate and move toward a discussion, maybe just maybe, on how integrated isms, or ideas, might be worth considering (without allowing fear to disrupt the considerations).
Not everything but what you accept as good and right is to be feared.
no, there is no pendulum that is swinging anywhere but towards hardcore socialism and on a path to hardcore communism. capitalism has been completely ruined by communists like bush and Obama and the pope. And no, this isn't about "socialism vs capitalism", it's about socialism vs humanity. Socialism and communism has but one end game and that is to kill off humanity and humans. We cannot have capitalism if we are dead.
Wow you're thinking is really seeded in fear it seems. Maybe you should stay offline and close yourself off and in. Are you really scared? Be honest.
no I'm absolutely not scared at all because I go to cornerstone church and hagee tells me how god is going to end this. you should try it. it's really calming.
