Bob Newhart says:

Weird since millions of people in Russia want to go BACK to communism.

jimmy slicks says:

The interwebs informs me that most countries have a commo party. This is not a Rusky poster and it is not really that old. Notice the first ever emoticon after the APPLY NOW.

Balance of Power says:

It's easy to laugh at and dismiss Communism as some obsolete economic system without understanding the deeper cultural, historic and economic meaning it had for many of the working poor throughout history; those laborers who worked as hard as anyone but could not chip away at the vast mountain of poverty they had before them.

It's easy to gladhand Capitalism as synonymous with freedom because most of us in the Western World live in democratic societies without ever once questioning who pays the price for our freedom and our way of life (here's a hint: it's not the military).

Were it not for the vanguard members of the unions, of the Socialist and Communist parties in the late 19th and early 20th century, many of you would have likely been working in factories as children. Your parents would be working 80 hours a week in factories just to put food on the table.

It was their tireless fight that gave us 40 hour work weeks, 8 hour days, and limitations on child labor. Before that, workers throughout the world (including American workers) were caught in a vicious cycle of poor health and poverty from which there was little or no escape.

So if you went to public school and didn't have to work next to your parents at the local textile mill or machine factory – Thank a Progressive. Get on your knees and kiss the picture of guys like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson – not to mention guys you've probably never heard of like Eugene Debs and Samuel Gompers.

And for the record, I am not a Communist. But I am not a Capitalist either. I see both extremes as inherently detrimental and utilitarian.

Those who defend the evils of Capitalism, that is, those who are perfectly comfortable to sacrifice some "losers" for the sake of having some "winners" are just as bad and inhumane as ideological Communists who are willing to sacrifice "winners" for the sake of "losers."

Those who grew up in South America in the 70's and 80's know better than to fall prey to the notion that Capitalism = Freedom. Just ask the Chileans whose democratically elected leader, Salvador Allende, was murdered by CIA-assisted agents; or Hondurans; or Dominicans, or Haitians, etc… etc…

These are the people, along with countless others, who pay the price so that we here in the States and in other parts of the Industrialized Western World live comfortably.

But no – it's just easier not to ask the hard questions – better to just believe what your handlers tell you. That's the ticket. Dismiss away!

Mitch says:

JON said "For those Americans who recently lost their homes and jobs to socialism for the rich, Capitalism hasn’t been all it’s cracked up to be either."

What an ignorant twit you are.

The economy is in the shape it is in BECAUSE the state mandated those loans and socialism brought down the US econ.

Are you even aware of the "Greater" depression of 1920?

NO you are not…well it was worse in virtually every way than the one in 1929 *HOWEVER* the president had some brains and the welfare of the populace was put first and they just let capito;lism fix the problem. Thos who screwed up went under and in less thajn a year we had booming econ and the highest non-wartime employment in history.

FDR wanted power over people. Had read and adfmired socialist authoers and he intentionally made rthinfgs worse to get more state control.

Don't be an idiot and believe the redacted history they teach in US colleges. Get off your ass and read the truth.

Start here:

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

by Burton W. Folsom

Balance of Power says:

@Mitch

You are repeating the oft-repeated myth that the Community Reinvestment Act was responsible for the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. The numbers do not support this. The vast majority of subprime loans were by middle and upper class home buyers, buying second and third homes for quick turnovers and profit.

Only six percent of all subprime mortgage loans fell under CRA.

Here are links:

http://bit.ly/9GcBsa

http://bit.ly/2yoM9t

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http://bit.ly/pSSuh

In fact, CRA loans are a safer investment for a mortgage lender than other types of loans because borrowers are typically paying off their first home and thus pay their mortgage on a timely basis.

Mia says:

Worked out well if you joined the party, not so well if you did not.

janey says:

I CANT ACCESS THE BLOGS TO WRITE A MESSAGE…