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The Other Problem With Socialism
The Other Problem With Socialism
Authored by Chris Talgo via American Thinker,
In 1976, Margaret Thatcher said during a television interview, "Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money."
Over the years, that quote has been whittled down to the renowned proverb: The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
This is a powerful argument against socialism. Even better, it has been validated time and time again, most notably when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed in 1991....
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