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applegrove

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4. Where markets fail, social programs can fix the situation. The GOP

Reply to Oopsie Daisy (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 05:40 PM

Aug 10

call that socialism. I personally think it is liberalism. But I'm from Canada. Notice how the GOP took the word liberalism out of Americans vocabulary. Why? Because it is about freedom of people and markets and governments to do the best for people. I'm sorry but the government stepped in and stabilized funding for retirement.

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Most Americans wouldn't know socialism if: [View all] applegrove Aug 10 OP

Social Security is an insurance program... Oopsie Daisy Aug 10 #1

Point is the USA is a mixed market like most other countries. applegrove Aug 10 #2

Oh. Was THAT the point? Oopsie Daisy Aug 10 #3

Where markets fail, social programs can fix the situation. The GOP applegrove Aug 10 #4

Okay. Oopsie Daisy Aug 10 #5

Liberal and liberty come from the same root. The Wizard Aug 10 #7

All government jobs The Wizard Aug 10 #6

Most Americans are too ignorant to understand there are different types of socialism. Incanus Aug 10 #8

And does better than my retirement "income" at the job. GreenWave Aug 10 #9

Our largest socialistic spending is the military. alittlelark Aug 10 #10