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Old 09-09-2009, 04:41 PM   #47
flere-imsaho
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Originally Posted by RomaGoth View Post
Very true. I haven't kept up with things, has GM been set free yet, or are we all still stockholders for our government owned automobile company?

It's only "similar" to socialism if the government uses its ownership to direct the day-to-day activities of the company. Which the Obama Administration has not done and, in fact, about which Obama himself has said he is "not interested in running a car company".

It's completely unrelated to Communism in which the workers themselves (theoretically) own the means of production. All production - across all industries.
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