Quote Originally Posted by rrutter81
To the op, that is a good way to put it. Anyone who says otherwise and states that it isnt socialism needs to define socialism then. Because that is exactly what it is. Communism is more of a dictatorship and the government defines what you should have. Socialism is the in-between.
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From Dictionary.com:

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n.
  1. Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.
  2. The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.
I find it odd that McCain supporters are all up in arms about the "socialism" of Obama's tax plan but are silent about the $700 billion corporate welfare of the bailout that both candidates supported. Remember that McCain suspended his campaign to pass the bailout. Is it only socialism when the economic policy of the centralized government benefits the lower classes?