Can Socialism work?

I did not even bother to "look" at your link! (shoot me!)

The answer to your question is NO.

got half way through it Mike, thats all I could take!

I like how he is unable to derive any correlation between the downswing in 'soviet lifespan' and the downswing in grades in the little story he rattles off at the get go. Perhaps the 'market reforms' he blamed for 'ruining' the healthcare system in said country prevented it from going as swiftly from a B to a D, but ultimately couldn't overcome the idiocy of the communist system.

Plus its cute how he cherry picks 'life span' as the be all end all indicator of the sucessfulness of an economic system-- In a socialist society its possible to throw exorbitant quantities of 'cash' at whatever 'problem' ye old government wants to. The Russians prioritized healthcare. The result? Their populace was for the most part impoverished but damn, did they ever live long. Kudos socialism, for your ability to prolong the misery.

Is it the socialist's money & value that is proping up the World ? I don't see socialist putting monies into our couffers, for nothing in return..How long has the U.S.A. been doing this around the World & NOW they have the guts to say WE need to spread the wealth around .DAH, where have they been for the LAST century.?
yes ???

socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money." - Margaret Thatcher

Have you joined Ron Paul's Caucus?

The Republican Liberty Caucus

http://www.rlc.org/

I commented a bunch of times.

"Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.", www.mises.org

About as full of $#!~ as a constipated elephant. He wrote his own intellectual death certificate when he admitted that he was an educational consultant for many of our public school districts. And I'll bet those would-be billionaires in Canada are probably pissed that their rightfully earned money is being taken from them to help those who weren't as "fortunate."

Max

"A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it." -William Penn

His argumentation implies that "lifespan" is more important the freedom.

And he is saying that the Soviet Union had better lifespans than here...the evidence and study was probably botched and flawed! I'd rather live to 60 in freedom that to 90 in tyranny!!