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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 432988" data-attributes="member: 40536">I don&#039;t agree with your interpretation.&nbsp; There are more layers to it.In general, socialism is a planned economy.&nbsp; The people of the USSR certainly didn&#039;t thrive.The Scandinavian economies are often mentioned, but they are not planned economies, and the populations are significantly smaller., and there are major entrepreneurial entities there.Even so, their taxes are way higher in order to fund government programs.&nbsp; Americans won&#039;t tolerate those levels.I find it more disturbing that the other Ds either voted against the resolution or abstain, especially since they have made fortunes in a capitalist systemThat is the applied definition of hypocrisy.The mayor -elect of NYC has made lofty promises, but how to p[ay for it?Raising taxes will overly burden an already declining middle class, wealthy individuals will leave, or at least have the option,businesses will relocate to a more tax-friendly area if they could. the result will be more taxes, further decimation of the middle class, and other, maybe better, more feasible programs will be cut.And have you researched the &quot;qualifications&quot; of this mayor-elect? Virtually no experience in...anything.What little experience he does have is basically administrative, and no education in anything economic/entrepreneurial.Already in the US, 60-65% is the workforce participation rate, indicating that 35-40% pay no taxes and generate no wealthAt least 40 million are on some form of public assistance, much higher when other programs are considered.While I agree that there could be better assistance for many people, it is more complicated than a blanket statement such as yours.I think your intentions are good, but again, there are more layers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 432988, member: 40536"] I don't agree with your interpretation. There are more layers to it. In general, socialism is a planned economy. The people of the USSR certainly didn't thrive. The Scandinavian economies are often mentioned, but they are not planned economies, and the populations are significantly smaller., and there are major entrepreneurial entities there. Even so, their taxes are way higher in order to fund government programs. Americans won't tolerate those levels. I find it more disturbing that the other Ds either voted against the resolution or abstain, especially since they have made fortunes in a capitalist system That is the applied definition of hypocrisy. The mayor -elect of NYC has made lofty promises, but how to p[ay for it? Raising taxes will overly burden an already declining middle class, wealthy individuals will leave, or at least have the option, businesses will relocate to a more tax-friendly area if they could. the result will be more taxes, further decimation of the middle class, and other, maybe better, more feasible programs will be cut. And have you researched the "qualifications" of this mayor-elect? Virtually no experience in...anything. What little experience he does have is basically administrative, and no education in anything economic/entrepreneurial. Already in the US, 60-65% is the workforce participation rate, indicating that 35-40% pay no taxes and generate no wealth At least 40 million are on some form of public assistance, much higher when other programs are considered. While I agree that there could be better assistance for many people, it is more complicated than a blanket statement such as yours. I think your intentions are good, but again, there are more layers [/QUOTE]

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