Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier View Post
If socialism is taking more money from people who earn more money, and using all the collected funds for projects which (generally) benefit everyone, then having taxes per based on a percentage of income is socialism. So the US has been "socialist" for a long time.

This isn't a matter of absolutes. We probably wouldn't want to live in a world where there was no socialism at all. The poor would be destitute and forced to crime to survive.

So the question is where do you set taxes, what services do you provide to citizens, and how much debt is acceptable. The argument isn't "No Socialism" vs. "Welfare/Communist State" as much as it is where in the middle do you set the bar. Canada and the EU generally have it set farther towards Nanny state than the US. Somalia on the other hand is hard up against the far side of the peg, little to no state.

this is true. we have been a socialist country for years. not that its bad. just have to maintain some acceptable balance. republican balance is less, but still some. democrat balance is more.

every aspect of life is nearly touched by "socialism" roads, schools, medicine, military, parks, and the list goes on and on