08-01-2015, 05:13 AM
(07-31-2015, 06:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: All provided by for-profit private insurance companies, doctors, and hospitals.
Don't know what you mean by "hands all over", but as far as I know the entire energy industry is owned and operated by private for-profit companies.
This is conveniently ignorant, Fred. To the surprise of no one who reads your posts.
I think you've railed on lobbyists many times....you just outlined WHY lobbyists have jobs, and HINT HINT HINT it isn't because the US isn't becoming increasingly socialist. As I've said, regulations and taxes often make actually owning/running the business indistinguishable from not.
THAT is socialism - distinct from communism, which the difference you don't seem to grasp.
