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Putin warns US to eschew socialism
American Thinker ^ | 2-18-2009 | Clarice Felman

Posted on 02/19/2009 8:23:45 AM PST by mrpotatohead

February 18, 2009 Putin warns US to eschew socialism Clarice Feldman

What is the world coming to? Pat Dollard reports the Russian leader warned the US against adopting socialism because it doesn't work: Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”.

“In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”[Snip.]

Sounding more like Barry Goldwater than the former head of the KGB, Putin said, “Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”

Putin also echoed the words of conservative maverick Ron Paul when he said, “we must assess the real situation and write off all hopeless debts and ‘bad’ assets. True, this will be an extremely painful and unpleasant process. Far from everyone can accept such measures, fearing for their capitalization, bonuses, or reputation. However, we would ‘conserve’ and prolong the crisis, unless we clean up our balance sheets.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; Russia
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; bho44; evilempire; putin; socialists
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1 posted on 02/19/2009 8:23:45 AM PST by mrpotatohead
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That’s gonna leave a mark...

just damn!


2 posted on 02/19/2009 8:25:43 AM PST by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: mrpotatohead

None So Blind as He Who Would Not See Alert. This is the best thing I have read all week. The path we are being taken down is SO wrong even the Russians can see it and are trying to bring us back from the brink.


3 posted on 02/19/2009 8:26:17 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: Principled

a broken clock ....


4 posted on 02/19/2009 8:26:49 AM PST by utherdoul
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To: mrpotatohead

Next, Peter Pan will tell us all to just grow up.


5 posted on 02/19/2009 8:26:58 AM PST by BipolarBob (Even the earth is bipolar.)
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To: mrpotatohead

If Soviet commies tell you this, then you know it must be bad.


6 posted on 02/19/2009 8:27:41 AM PST by AmusedBystander (Democrats' new lament: I voted for "hope & change" and all I got is "shuck & jive".)
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For once, I am just without words. Speechless.


7 posted on 02/19/2009 8:27:49 AM PST by RetiredArmy (Obama, liberals, dimocrats, socialists, communists - THEY are the enemy. MY enemies.)
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Holy Carp!!!

The day has suddenly come when I am more in agreement with the President of Russia, than the President of the United States.

WTF???

Putin knows what he's talking about, too: seen it first hand.

8 posted on 02/19/2009 8:28:51 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: mrpotatohead

This must be satire.


9 posted on 02/19/2009 8:30:07 AM PST by Snappy1MarineMom (Don't Blame me I voted for Keys)
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First there was Limbaugh suggesting he will flee to New Zealand like a coward and now Putin warning against going Socialist. What’s next, Barney Frank attracted to a woman?


10 posted on 02/19/2009 8:30:42 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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PALIN-PUTIN ‘12!............................


11 posted on 02/19/2009 8:33:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Zimbabwe has removed 12 zeroes from its currency. We need to remove ONE from the White House......)
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Freakishly, it’s for real.


12 posted on 02/19/2009 8:34:12 AM PST by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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lol...this is Twilight Zone material. ...alternate universe stuff. What’s next? In a decade is Iran going to be warning us about the dangers of Islamofascism and Sharia Law?


13 posted on 02/19/2009 8:34:15 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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You might almost expect this to be Scrappleface. But, no, it’s Clarice Feldman, who is a very intelligent and reliable source.

The curious thing is that Putin’s fellow KGB members were responsible for training Frank Marshal Davis and probably Obama’s family as well. So Obama may well be the pointed end of a long-running KGB plot to destroy America.

And here’s Putin warning us against him. Of course, he knows that nobody’s listening but us Freepers.


14 posted on 02/19/2009 8:36:27 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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NOW, I’m scratching my head.


15 posted on 02/19/2009 8:38:20 AM PST by ScottinVA (Make my world PURRRFECT, Lord Obama!)
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Snowball Fight at noon, corner of Hades Ave. and Satan St.!!!


16 posted on 02/19/2009 8:38:28 AM PST by bigbob (-)
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Atlas isn’t just shrugging, he’s tipped the world upside down.


17 posted on 02/19/2009 8:40:10 AM PST by Paul Heinzman ("Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.")
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Aw, the Ruskies just never spent enough money on it!


18 posted on 02/19/2009 8:40:12 AM PST by Redleg Duke ("Sarah Palin...Unleashing the Fury of the Castrated Left!")
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To: mrpotatohead

If this is real, then it is a sensational admission that should be replayed in our media ad nauseum.


19 posted on 02/19/2009 8:40:25 AM PST by TexasRepublic (I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
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To: AmusedBystander

“If Soviet commies tell you this, then you know it must be bad.”

If I understand correctly, Russia has an economy that has a must lower tax index than ours (capped at 14%?). Putin, for all his other autocratic faults, has actually done a pretty fair job of unshackling his country’s economy in a way that we can only dream of.


20 posted on 02/19/2009 8:42:00 AM PST by ScottinVA (Make my world PURRRFECT, Lord Obama!)
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