Quote Originally Posted by McDanger
Because they don't own the business, that is why they are not "entitled" to anything. What risk do they take? They still expect their paycheck, even of the company loses money.
I never had an employee give me any money when my business lost money that month. They still wanted to get paid, how greedy can you get.
Socialists think they're owed far much more than they are really worth...

Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
income assistance programs are not socialism: they don't even interfere with the free markets
Redistribution of wealth from the "rich" to the "poor" is socialism by any rational definition. The government preventing economic collapse by investing in businesses is not the same thing.

Quote Originally Posted by McDanger
Actually that idiot socialist Roosevelt extended the Depression a good 5 years longer than it would have been. WW2 got us out of it finally.
Exactly, FDR's New (raw) Deal was bad for America and we're still paying the price.