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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Even if I grant that "marriage between corporations and state" is the simple hallmark of fascism, by your definition all 50 states are already fascist to the extent they require anyone owning a vehicle to purchase auto insurance from the insurance industry. Ditto the federal government and FICA.
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But they don't require that you buy/own a car. Operating a car is a privilege and not a right. We are now for the first time requiring the public to buy a product from a vendor. FICA is, in reality, just another tax for a government service.
The problem as I see it is that there is a limit to what we as a nation can afford to do. Just where does this stop. We seem to be more than willing to have the government supply to us all the commodities/conveniences that our lives merit. At what point is it incumbent on us (the individual) to meet our own needs. There has to be a limit to entitlements. Why not housing, food and clothing? How about cars and transportation?
If we do not get our spending under control we will have to print money, as was done during the Weimar Republic. to meet our obligations. If so, inflation will hit us with a vengence and the poor will be disproportionaltely hurt.
At what point will working cease to be worthwhile and we all decide to go on the government dole? There are costs for everything and only so much of other peoples money that can be confiscated. I see no end to what many of us Americans will accept as an entitlement because the perception is that it doesn't cost us anything.