Well socialism under Chavez worked for Venezuela. It was frustrating for the middle class because the heavy taxes, but Venezuela was a functioning country under Chavez
Well Chavez was corrupt but the Venezuelan people enjoyed a somewhat stable society and better standard of living compared to other Latin American countries
A lot or Venezuela's problems are due to inflation because of their banking system essentially printing unlimited money (kind of similar to USA federal reserve under the Obama admin.)
Basically socialism works when people do their part to contribute to the economy, and contribute to society, in a positive way. without doing crime or taking advantage of social services
Maybe not even higher amounts of social spending necessarily, but the point is there needs to be some social spending and some kind of basic government services
I think the government should be able to regulate industry to a certain extent, do you agree some regulation is good for consumer safety and standard practices?
@CasualSailor yes thats a fair way to tax, the point is we agree the government should be able to tax citizens to fund public projects and public services that improve the quality of life of its citizens
@DarKinGate I think if the government taxes everyone for some health care funds and used that money to get discounts on drugs and services, and provide basic emergency health services
