Re: Social Contract

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > No, Republicans are not the least bit socialist.  They're
> > > anti-public healthcare, anti-public education, and think
> > > laissez-faire economics benefits everyone instead of just the
> > > richest 3% that control 80% of the country's wealth.  Republicans
> > > are pretty much the Socialist antithesis in the US.
> > >       
> > Yes, I'd agree that you can't get much more accurate than that.
> >
> > Hal
> >     
>
> Well, he could, because its worse than that, 1% of the people here 
> control 90% of the wealth according to some figures I heard on C-SPAN 
> tonight in congressional testimony.  Thats not right, and its sure not 
> a democracy.
>   
It's also not a democracy when numbers in a spreadsheet can be changed 
and the results of a presidential election can be changed.

Paul Scott