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Originally Posted by sgtdmski  Any system that is based upon the premise of from each according to their abililty to each according to their need can and will never be a great thing. Who determines the need?? Who determines the ability?? You end up with a society in which everyone will demostrate need, and no one will wish to demostarte ability. For if you have ability you become responsible for those with need. No!!!! It should my decision whether I wish to help someone, and for what reasons, I should not be forced to do it. By forcing those with ability, you eventually find that fewer and fewer will have ability and more and more will have need.
dmk | Again, you look at it the wrong way.
It is a society that understands that each segment of society is as valuable and necessary to the success of the nation as any other. From the doctor to the garbage collector, the pay and benefits gap is simply narrowed purposely so everyone is taken care of (since everyone is needed and valued).
The result is more people have more luxuries and vacation time when compared to America (not less).
So instead of having a Benz and a 7 bedroom home the doctor has an Accord and lives in a 4 bedroom home. I think they will be ok Sarge... as the rest of the socialists enjoy a 5 week paid vacation. --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- There is little doubt that the world in general is more liberal than it was 50 years ago and beyond. Conservatives are simply roadblocks on the path to an ever more progressive and liberal world. What a sad existence.
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