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[Kulin Remailer]

> >    You seem to reject the notion that there can be socialist programs
> >    in a non-socialist government.  A purely socialist government would
> >    own everything.  But what would you call programs built along
> >    socialist principles in an otherwize non-socialist government?
> 
> No, I think it's possible, it's just that I wouldn't call the US a
> socialist country, as some people (some who are opposed to Obama, say) 
> do in exaggeration.  (Even worse or those who confuse socialism and 
> National Socialism, painting a caricature of Obama as a Nazi.)

Since the US controls all business activities through legislation it is a
socialist country. The cost of compliance and defense against lawsuits and
regulatory action (far more dangerous than direct lawsuits) means free
enterprise is dead, business is only conducted through government largesse
rather than as an independent, soverign activity/right of the business
"owner". 

What is the difference between socialism and "national socialism"? Not much,
except in national socialism the populace is in favor of controls and seeks
to maintain the soveriegnty of the nation, whereas in nominal socialism the
population may not agree with the gov but concedes anyway. The US is a mix
of those things. The people who benefit from handouts and corporations that
benefit from handouts, tax breaks, monopolies etc. are in favor of
gov. controls and regulations whereas those individuals and businesses that
are harmed by those things are not in favor of them.