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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> When are we going to realize in this country, that as a nation, we need
> to shed our belief that capitalism is good.

I hope never. Capitalism, for all its evil people, is what has made 
our country so strong.

>   We need to focus more on the common welfare, for our future.

Issues of common welfare become accepted when it is recognized that 
their results strengthen our systems. I am in favor of a national 
health care system because a healthy populace is a more productive 
society. Much potential production is lost due to sickness or 
weakness. I also believe crime is related to non-productivity.

>  Otherwise, power simply grabs for itself, and leaves everyone else starving.

That is how nature works. We are sophisticated animals. The question 
is how much profit is optimally invested back into the people of 
production. That answer is a moving plan subject to changing conditions.