Obama speaks at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

[Prezbucky]

Yeah, the US government doesn't force an American to take a certain job. (at least unless that person is in the military)

I have heard of programs in which people facing prison sentences are given the option of either going to prison or joining an armed forces branch... but even in that case, the person has a choice.

Nobody is forced to do anything here. We are -- even with welfare -- still allowed to more or less rise and fall on our own.

And as for Bush's policies being socialist?

Are you kidding?

We have (and have had) among the most free economic systems in the world.
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[Jan]

You have concentrated on something what was more the example as argument.
The world is to close, to near or to small nowdays and when you travel alot you see that ideas are exchanging on the huge scale.You see that people are more similar as they would think about or would be able to relize it
Program to join the socialist organization of ZSMP or ZHP in my country was volunteerly optional if you do it, you would be better , if you don't ,you would be seen as incooperative but nothing serious afterall.
Program to join the "socialist" organization of LPT Local Prevention Team in one of Americans companies is same volunteerly optional if you do you would be better , if you don't ,you would be seen as incooperative no pay raise no promotion etc
I have been sitting last year just once in the hall of one emigration office where 10 officials with the huge picture of President Bush above where discussing my case.
You could be surprised but that story could happen only in soviet Russia , Hitler's Germany or USA.
They are two countries in the world which force seamen to show in person during emigration clearance , Sowiet Russia and USA , nowdays Russia has ceased tha practise.
I have been living in socialist country and what I remeber is quite similar attitude as in big American corporations ,like Schlumberger,They use almost same motivation program almost same demagogie , same talking about how should be done but never able to do it ,and are same way surprise when it all does not work.

Jamie K
I guess you could not break sometimes socialist code of practice, in your case soldier who had watched workers in the field was not at all to prevent their escape (it had no sence to escape anywhere) his duty was more probably to stop stealing by workers, after all very common practice in many companies also Americans.
companies are strictly checking people in USA about it and it is one of their rights.

2 or even 3 % percent of negative difference between inflation and interest rate for American dollar
Boys welcome in socialist paradise!!
This was never any surprise for Bush or Greenspan they were doing this by purpose that is only surprise for people like You and me citizens of socialists countries (Me fourtunatly in the past).
Obama would just suit the standarts of your American socialist homeland.

Jan