Leftists don't turn down capitalist wages, which we'd like to see consigned to that overflowing dustbin. Gotta eat, pay the rent, send the kids to college, overindulge in consumerism, etc.
--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> US domestic welfare state supports -- what little
> there remains of them -- are mollycoddling luxuries
> built on the innocent blood of 3rd world proles. US
> welfare statism deserves no special pity. So, screw
> any agenda that purports to strengthen labor laws,
> Social Security, etc., inside the US -- these are
> all
> ill-gotten gains, and prop up evil Amerikkans
> suckling
> on the benefits of Empire.
>
> That's even if the poorest, weakest, and most
> vulnerable sectors in the US depend on labor law,
> wlefare, etc. supports. It's worth wrecking all that
> to bring the troops home, something Paul claims he
> wants along with many other paleo-conservatives,
> like
> those of the Buchanan ilk, who also get neo-nazi
> support, and who also ostensibly want a "republic,
> not
> an empire."
>
> I hope folks on Social Security who support Ron Paul
> are making sure they send a good chunk of their
> checks
> to the good doctor's campaign! He needs the $$$. And
> I
> bet unlike when he was an US govt-trained doctor
> (USAF
> flight surgeon), and refused Medicare patients'
> money
> due to his sterling Libertarian principles, he
> wouldn't turn down *that* money, even if it
> ultimately
> came from a program he'd see consigned to history.
> Not
> because it rewards servants of Empire, but because
> it
> ain't the market, which is God.
>
> -B.
>
>
>
>
>
> Tahir Wood wrote:
>
> "Forget all that; the only thing that counts is
> 'anti-imperialism'. You shoulda known that by now."
>
>
> Shane wrote:
>
> "Carrol, Define left. For or against: unions,
> minimum
> wage laws, progressive taxation, full employment."
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