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Which part are you responding to, her first statement, or her comparison to socialism?
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When I mention socialism in my post, I'm responding to her comparison to socialism.
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However, if her first point (if I'm reading it correctly) means that the government can't be everything to everybody, then I'll agree with that.
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The fact that the government can't be everything to everybody goes without saying. It just can't be and isn't realistically expected to be.
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Also, I disagree that safety nets "were never protested," because I think most every type of safety net, (such as college loan programs, benefits to corporations, lower mortgage rates for those with children, etc.) have been debated and protested over the years.
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There are different levels of debate and protest because there are different types of "safety nets" that target a different segment of the population.
I'm talking about the social welfare of the 1920s and 1930s, which many people credit to be the beginnings of the social welfare system as we know it. There were naysayers but there wasn't the same widescale protest that the more recent social welfare/social program models received. People pretty much felt that these programs were helping those who "truly needed/deserved it." There are race, gender, and social class implications in that.
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