RE: Social Security,

[Charudatt <charu@iced.com>]

 Sanjeev Sabhlok[SMTP:sabhlok@almaak.usc.edu] wrote:
>
>The USA, by virtue of having a social security system, is a
capitalistic
>country, and not even remotely a socialistic country . . .


This is the strangest definition of capitalism I have ever seen. Are
things like unemployment insurance, food stamps, and federal disaster
relief also affirmations of capitalism?

I am reminded of a rather perceptive quote by the depression era
politician Huey Long "If communism ever comes to America it will be
called Americanism".

If this is not a good argument for dropping the use of meaningless
terminology such as "socialism" or "capitalism" I don't know what is.

-Charu