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    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Faced View Post
    Libya is "Socialist", look at its Constitution. To me, and probably you, its a Dictatorship and I can't see how the two can work together.
    The U.S. is a republic - look at it's constitution.

    Obama is a socialist, and I don't see how the two can work together.
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    To be fair, Minimum Wage in the US is virtual slavery (unless its changed n the last year or so radically)

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    What's bottom end over there?
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    £5.73/Hr with 24 Days paid holiday per year at this moment in time.

    Not as impressive to show off with the current exchange rate or I'da mentioned it in the last post

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Faced View Post
    £5.73/Hr with 24 Days paid holiday per year at this moment in time.

    Not as impressive to show off with the current exchange rate or I'da mentioned it in the last post

    So, about eight-and-a-half bucks American plus five weeks a year off, paid.

    And your employment rate?
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    Depends which job your on about lol

    Its more than Minimum on both though

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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Faced View Post
    Libya is "Socialist", look at its Constitution. To me, and probably you, its a Dictatorship and I can't see how the two can work together.
    The U.S. is a republic - look at it's constitution.

    Obama is a socialist, and I don't see how the two can work together.
    I repeat, you said the samething about bill clinton, do you want the lollie pop now?
    This is like the song of the cuco man, at some point you are going to loose your mind lol
    Last edited by pentomato; 02-07-2009 at 02:11 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Faced View Post
    Depends which job your on about lol

    Its more than Minimum on both though
    No, perhaps I should have asked what percentage of your workforce is unemployed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pentomato View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post

    The U.S. is a republic - look at it's constitution.

    Obama is a socialist, and I don't see how the two can work together.
    I repeat, you said the samething about bill clinton, do you want the lollie pop now?
    This is like the song of the cuco man, at some point you are going to loose your mind lol
    You're getting high marks for nonsensical content, now; record-setting marks, actually - entertainment value is also through the roof.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rat Faced View Post
    Communism is not Socialism, it's State Capitalism. Fact.
    Dunno about "capitalism" (although it definitely worked like that in old Czechoslovakia, come to think of it), but yeah, it's not the same thing either.

    Reason I brought it up is that afaik, socialism was meant to be a bridge between conventional society and communism, originally. I reckon.

    Yet we've had a bunch of gutless wonders denounce communism, due to it being "evil" or somesuch. That's social democracy for you.

    Communism is more utilitarian than anything, IMO, "for the greater good". And as far as I'm concerned it brings some good ideals, although it may be a tad uncompromising.

    Socialism is better in that it picks out a lot of the good, and focuses more on the individual.

    Social democracy is milder still. But like I said, I don't reckon Obama is even that far left, probably.
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