What is the point of the G 20 protesters?

[Ghetto_butterfly]

When I say Europe, I mean the EU [[European Union) which includes by now also some of the former socialist/communist countries such as Poland, Slowakia, etc. These countries had a true socialist or communist form of government, contrary to the other countries in the EU, which have a democracy as a form of government.
I don't mean the socialist form of government as it was practiced in the former USSR and Eastern Bloc countries. I mean that in the EU Socialism is being practiced as a mentality and way of life, from an economical and a society point of view. I have lived almost equal amount of years in Europe and in the US and have seen both way of lives first hand. At some point, I have concluded that Capitalism, as practiced in the US is not for me, never was and never will be and hence returned to Europe.

And I'm a She.

[oladub]

Ghetto_butterfly, Thank you for the clarification.

Speramus Meliora, Dear Bankers' Friend, No, no, no, no - you still don't get the definition of corporatism. The very fact that the government is giving money to banks, Wall Street, insurance companies, auto companies, etc is by definition corporatism. Capitalism would let failed companies expire. The bailouts are already a collusion of government largess which is an expression of socialism, and corporate capitalism that favors the largest corporations over small business and ma and pa enterprises. It is the worst of both worlds. If you support Geithner, Bush, Obama. Paulson, Frank, Dodd, Phil Gramm, etc. that is what you are supporting. Their policies overlap almost seamlessly. Those who support their policies have led us into a depression/ and are prolonging it with their idiotic inflationary attack on the value of the dollar. When all this printing press money eventually floods the country to purchase the same amout of goods and services, prices will skyrocket. The poor and those on fixed incomes will suffer the most.

Neither the Republicans , Democrats, not the unaccountable Federal Reserve were looking out for the American Taxpayer when they got us into this mess. And they sure aren't looking out for us now by heaping all this debt on us. "“Our kids are the ultimate credit market, and the rest of us are all pre-approved!� “Isn’t it terrific to be able to stick it to the young? I mean, imagine how bad all this economic-type stuff would be if our kids and grandkids hadn’t offered to pick up the tab.� -Mark Steyn & the Mogambo Guru

[ccbatson]

Nationalize the banks?? Quick suggestion libs...go to the library and read up on the history of communist Russia, and even better, if you are able to speak to a refuge from Russia about how utopian Marxism turned out, you will buy yourself a very cheap and very enlightening education.

[jams]

How does one speak to a "refuge"?

[ccbatson]

Example...A Russian jewish person successfully exits Russia as a refuge from there...they take up residence in the US, and you talk to them.

[jams]

Try refugee

[ccbatson]

Try dictionary.com, and relaxing the retentive spelling tendencies.

[ccbatson]

Half measures, when it comes to socialism, are worthless if the core ideology is maintained...witness Russia in the above [[your) example, and Communist China.

[ccbatson]

No need...brevity is the soul of wit.

Half measures when it comes to socialism...meaning pseudo capitalism in a socialist/communist system...DOES NOT and CAN NOT work in the long run.

[ccbatson]

Your own words are the best refutation of your point possible, so wrong at face value. Good job.