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Obviously New Mexico is 'socialist'

Posted by: bill on November 15, 1999 at 12:21:03:

: Don: I am not claiming New Mexico is a failure. That is *your* strawman. I would not hold up any individual state as an example of capitalist success, unless I could show it can support itself.
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As an add-on to Faranitas post - New Mexico receive $4.00 from
the Federal Government for every $2.00 it contributes. Among the subsidies it receives is some 4 billion dollars for nuclear weapons related research.

Follow Ups:

Newsflash: The United States is a socialist country. MDG November 15 1999 (18)
- When life gives you lemons... Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 16 1999 (17)
  - I thought Martin Luther King said that first. MDG November 16 1999 (16)
    - No, it's not real socialism Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 16 1999 (15)
      - Who said anything about military recruitment? MDG November 16 1999 (14)
        
        *sigh* Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 17 1999 (3)
        
        Jeez, don't get so distraught over it. MDG November 18 1999 (2)
        
        With libertarian Newspeak it's tough to communicate Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 19 1999 (1)
        
        And the winner is... MDG November 19 1999 (0)
        
        Socialism is the public ownership of industry. DonS USA November 17 1999 (9)
        
        Oy, and me all out of black shoe polish! MDG November 18 1999 (2)
        
        Fascism is an economic system where the government controls, but does not own, industry. dsheckler@yahoo.com USA November 19 1999 (1)
        
        Fascists would very definitely disagree Lark November 19 1999 (0)
        
        Congratulations. Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA November 17 1999 (3)
        
        I never called him a fascist. DonS USA November 18 1999 (2)
        
        Let me re-parse my last sentence Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA November 18 1999 (1)
        
        I never called him a fascist DonS USA November 19 1999 (0)
        
        Intellectual regression to babyhood Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 17 1999 (1)
        
        Destruction of Terms and Meanings Kweassa the Great March November 18 1999 (0)