DawnMarch
Active member
I don't agree that Obama is a socialist or the various other scare tactics comparing him to Communists (castro) or Nazis. Being in favor of helping the poor and ensuring that your country has a safety net and an afforadable healthcare system does not make you a socialist and certainly does not start you down the road to Naziism. Let's face it people, it would be nice if churches and charities could help all the people out there who need it, but it's just not happening. And it would be nice if the leaders of our biggest banks and businesses could control their own greed and self-interest, but that rarely happens either (golden parachutes, anyone?).
Capitalism is a great system, but completely uncontrolled capitalism can be disastrous as we saw in the Great Depression. I mean, come on, should we go back to the days before there were child labor laws? Before OSHA required safe work places? When a business could refuse to serve a person because they were black? Thoughtful government intervention is unfortunately necessary sometimes to control some of the uglier tendences that can come from pure greed. Capitalism harnesses the energy and enterprise and even the greed that lives in the hearts of humans, and usually puts it to good use, but it isn't a panacea.
Capitalism is a great system, but completely uncontrolled capitalism can be disastrous as we saw in the Great Depression. I mean, come on, should we go back to the days before there were child labor laws? Before OSHA required safe work places? When a business could refuse to serve a person because they were black? Thoughtful government intervention is unfortunately necessary sometimes to control some of the uglier tendences that can come from pure greed. Capitalism harnesses the energy and enterprise and even the greed that lives in the hearts of humans, and usually puts it to good use, but it isn't a panacea.
