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From: tims@shark.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
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Subject: Re:Re:Part of what's wrong with socialism.
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Date: Wed, 7-Dec-83 13:31:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  7 13:31:26 1983
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    > I agree that socialism fails to provide motivation for production.
    > However, capitalism tends to fail insofar as distribution is 
    > concerned.  Also, it is rather ironic that the conservative
    > "Capitalistic" powers that be (you all know who I mean) haven't 
    > done away with "Socialistic" price supports in certain sectors of 
    > the economy.

  Sure, capitalism allows for a minority of the people to obtain a
  majority of the wealth, but it also allows for alot more available
  wealth.  I'd rather be average on the distribution scale in a
  capitalist country than a socialist (or communist) country.
  Is it not also ironic that no socialist or communist country has
  done away with capitalism in most sectors of their faltering
  economies.  I suggest the use of capitalism by socialist
  governments far outweighs the use of socialist practices by
  capitalist systems, am not certain of this however.