U.S. Workers Trail Rest Of Developed Countries In Vacation Time: Report

I won't apologize for being a capitalist supporter of free markets and enterprise. In fact, using your (specious) logic, we should-the professional and achieving classes- by paying higher taxes (already the highest in developed world, except Sweden) and giving away profits to charity. Your obvious choice is Communism, and mine is not. We see how Communism and Progressive Socialism have workeed around the world, and somehow capitalistic free markets work better, provide more employment, and higher standards of living. We can agree that elements of Socialism have dragged down the American and other economies so that class distinctions-caused by these very elements-present a less than desireable societal situation. WE ALREAY HAVE A SOCIETY WHEREIN 50% OF THE MEMBERS PAY NO TAXES. WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD SUIT YOU SO THAT SOCIETY PROVIDES WEALTH TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF ABILITY OR NEED? 80%, 90% 100%? iF YOU KILL A FREE ENTERPRISE SOCIETY WITH CLASS EQUALITY, ALL WORKING CLASSES EVENTUALLY SUFFER-SEE USSR 1920'S-1990'S

i WOULD ALSO STIPULATE THAT WE CURRENTLY DOING A LOUSY JOB OF ECONOMIC TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT TOO MANY QUASI-MONOPOLY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES EXIST, TO THE DETRIMENT OF COMPETITIVE PRICES AND MORE CONSUMER CHOICE, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SMALL BUSINESSES (SOME 25 MILLION IN U.S.).
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