Comments on: Careful, Your Communism Is Showing http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/ traveling the road less traveled since 2001 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:09:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D.C. Thornton http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 D.C. Thornton Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:58:19 +0000 //?p=#comment-1537 <i>"...I am no economist, but Bush came into office claiming to be the CEO President?"</i> At least Bush, albeit not one of the best economists in the world (increased government spending, etc.), isn't trying to confiscate my earnings or my property "for the common good". Calling Clinton on her true intentions isn't being nasty, but being honest. The sneers have been coming mostly from the far left -- who are enraged that a majority of Americans aren't falling for it. David, how would you feel if the government imposed a slew of regulations designed to confiscate your business profits for "redistribution", despite the fact that you provide your employees good wages and benefits -- or worse, shut down your business and pillage your assets "for the common good"? “…I am no economist, but Bush came into office claiming to be the CEO President?”

At least Bush, albeit not one of the best economists in the world (increased government spending, etc.), isn’t trying to confiscate my earnings or my property “for the common good”.

Calling Clinton on her true intentions isn’t being nasty, but being honest. The sneers have been coming mostly from the far left — who are enraged that a majority of Americans aren’t falling for it.

David, how would you feel if the government imposed a slew of regulations designed to confiscate your business profits for “redistribution”, despite the fact that you provide your employees good wages and benefits — or worse, shut down your business and pillage your assets “for the common good”?

]]> By: D.C. Thornton http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 D.C. Thornton Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:15:24 +0000 //?p=#comment-1538 Joe, I don't whine. I just call 'em as I see 'em. "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" sounds like communism to me. When individuals are held responsible and freed from runaway taxation to provide their own safety nets, statist ponzi schemes aren't necessary. Joe, I don’t whine. I just call ‘em as I see ‘em.

“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good” sounds like communism to me.

When individuals are held responsible and freed from runaway taxation to provide their own safety nets, statist ponzi schemes aren’t necessary.

]]> By: Hud's Blog-O-Rama http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Hud's Blog-O-Rama Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:48:05 +0000 //?p=#comment-1536 <strong>Leftists on the March</strong> The people of the world have resoundingly rejected Communism. The only places it is still practiced are totalitarian regimes where the people long for something else. China is the biggest holdout. Just yesterday there was a huge protest in Hong... Leftists on the March
The people of the world have resoundingly rejected Communism. The only places it is still practiced are totalitarian regimes where the people long for something else. China is the biggest holdout. Just yesterday there was a huge protest in Hong…

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Frank DiSalle Thu, 01 Jul 2004 15:43:06 +0000 //?p=#comment-1534 She can get away with it, because we were wll weaned on the idea that the government "lets us" make money. Supposedly, it is the government that makes it possible for us to succeed, and it is to the government that we "owe a debt" for that success. Or, at least, that's how the Democrats see it. She can get away with it, because we were wll weaned on the idea that the government “lets us” make money. Supposedly, it is the government that makes it possible for us to succeed, and it is to the government that we “owe a debt” for that success.
Or, at least, that’s how the Democrats see it.

]]> By: David Scott Anderson http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 David Scott Anderson Thu, 01 Jul 2004 04:43:46 +0000 //?p=#comment-1532 I agree with Joe DC. Senator Clinton is no more of a communist that the Commissar. The political debate gets nastier by the day. And I am no economist, but Bush came into office claiming to be the CEO President... Well I am a CEO and if I ran deficits the way he does, my board would throw my ass out on the street. I agree with Joe DC. Senator Clinton is no more of a communist that the Commissar. The political debate gets nastier by the day. And I am no economist, but Bush came into office claiming to be the CEO President… Well I am a CEO and if I ran deficits the way he does, my board would throw my ass out on the street.

]]> By: joe barranco http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 joe barranco Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:25:29 +0000 //?p=#comment-1531 darn, wish i could edit posts... that last sentence, on rereading, did not come out the way i wanted... the sentiment i was trying to express was: fair-minded people on opposite sides of the political spectrum can disagree over policy without being disagreeable... when the left bandies "facist!" labels... it destroys any hope of honest debate with conservatives... when the right whines "communist!", it is equally as bad, in my humble opinion. darn, wish i could edit posts… that last sentence, on rereading, did not come out the way i wanted…
the sentiment i was trying to express was: fair-minded people on opposite sides of the political spectrum can disagree over policy without being disagreeable… when the left bandies “facist!” labels… it destroys any hope of honest debate with conservatives… when the right whines “communist!”, it is equally as bad, in my humble opinion.

]]> By: joe barranco http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 joe barranco Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:16:15 +0000 //?p=#comment-1530 give me a break... talk about rhetorical overkill... advocating to repeal the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy and return taxes to 1990's levels does not make one a Communist... wow... I don't want to hear conservatives b*tching next time some ignorant lefty makes some sort of "fascism" or "brown shirt" comments when you turn around and throw the "communist" label so freely... if its childish and immature for the left to toss out "Hitler" and "fascism" references, it is equally inappropriate when the right tosses out "communist" labels... both the demos and repubs are safely in the capitalist camp... the debate is over the extent we should fund a social safety net... good-intentioned people on both sides of the political spectrum can disagree without being a**holes. give me a break… talk about rhetorical overkill…
advocating to repeal the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy and return taxes to 1990′s levels does not make one a Communist… wow… I don’t want to hear conservatives b*tching next time some ignorant lefty makes some sort of “fascism” or “brown shirt” comments when you turn around and throw the “communist” label so freely…
if its childish and immature for the left to toss out “Hitler” and “fascism” references, it is equally inappropriate when the right tosses out “communist” labels…

both the demos and repubs are safely in the capitalist camp… the debate is over the extent we should fund a social safety net… good-intentioned people on both sides of the political spectrum can disagree without being a**holes.

]]> By: Cerberus http://www.dcthornton.com/2004/06/30/careful-your-communism-is-showing/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Cerberus Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:00:10 +0000 //?p=#comment-1529 We are in absolute agreement. Communism or Socialism, I don't care. When you take stuff that I worked for it's called stealing. It's interesting that the only place I have heard anyone screaming about this is in the blogosphere. The rest of the world is ignorant that she said this. I found the same story at San Francisco Gate and blogged on it myself. We are in absolute agreement. Communism or Socialism, I don’t care. When you take stuff that I worked for it’s called stealing. It’s interesting that the only place I have heard anyone screaming about this is in the blogosphere. The rest of the world is ignorant that she said this. I found the same story at San Francisco Gate and blogged on it myself.

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