08-25-2015, 08:58 PM
(08-25-2015, 08:56 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: Regulated capitalism is things like EPA rules, fire codes, OSHA (all good things, provided that they aren't overreaching for a political means).
Wealth redistribution is not regulated capitalism. MW laws are not regulated capitalism. Single payer health care for all Americans is not regulated capitalism. Progressive tax rates are not regulated capitalism.
They aren't socialism, though. If you think they are you may not understand the difference between social policies and socialist policies. There is a reason there is something called welfare capitalism.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
