Greece's Biggest Company Is Leaving the Country: Does Socialism Hurt the Poor?

It hurts the poor by making it virtually impossible for them to move into the middle class.

They are the ones who have the least to give to the government, and this who have the most to lose, so yes, it hurts them the most.

Socialism not only hurts the poor, but rather it preys upon them. I hope that the Obama entourage will come to understand this, and see that Mitt Romney does not want/seek such a scenario.

I never got a pay check form a poor person or a socialist.

Indeed, socialism hurts the poor as well as the middle class.

It's hard to tell if the 169 blue votes are communists or idiots. Socialism is polite communism and it's introduced in teaspoon increments to the gullible subject until they accept only that as their sustenance. Spain is sliding into the toilet and Italy is right behind it. France is in for a really rude awakening and frankly that will be fun to watch, the frogs never learn. IF we elect Puppethead for 4 more years, this country will not survive.

We need capitalism, in order to have socialism. I feel bad for Greece, but now the company is moving it will hurt that country. This company employed people now they are out of work. I pray for them. I believe this global Government is hurting everyone.

A big Yes.

Socialism/Communism Over 100 years of turning prosperity into poverty!

Greece is the word!

Its a false sense of security and unsustainable.

And as the mass of poor reach a certian level........

Actaully I think you might say that Socialism increases the number of poor. Eliminates the the middle class completely and establishes the political class as the new royalty.

NEWSFLASH!!!!!!!!

And it often leads to genocide in order to quell the masses.

It's already going on, Google search 'what are you eating'

Socialism hurts the poor by shrinking, or even poisoning, the pie.

The only way that socialism can possibly work is to go all-out. Total command of the economy. And that requires the fabled "New Communist Man" that the Soviets kept yapping about.

Never happen.

Socialism hurts everyone but the social elite in power.

It sure does, and "the poor" is becoming more and more of US!

Socialism hurts everybody including the state.
The individual is relegate to a position of slave labor to the collective, and in fact does not exist in the eyes of the ruling gang in charge.
There is no incentive to achieve, upward mobility is stymied, and productivity is minimized.
When that point is reached the state no longer grows thus the collective ceases to grow.
When the downward spiral begins even the most devout altruist realizes he too can become a member of the parasite class and do nothing qua Greece.
Analyst, Ph.D.

Just like capitalism hurts the rich.

I meant Yes. You don't stand a chance at success without an incentive. Since when is striving to prosper a bad thing?

Socialism/Communism hurts the poor, the middle class, and the rich, and everything in between on the SES LADDER... EVERYTIME..history "bears out" this claim to be TRUE...

Anyone with even the most basic understanding of human nature knows that it does.

Believing that Socialism (alone) hurts the poor flies in the face both of commons sense and casual observations of other world economies. What hurts the poor is bad public policy which can be Socialist or Capitalist in nature. OECD nations such as Canada, Denmark, Sweden and a number of others have public sectors all north of 30% of GDP and the poor in these nations are doing much better than the poor in the United States where we are around 25% of GDP (but I won't argue because of that that more socialized economies are better for the poor). What makes the difference in these countries (and in Greece) are public policy choices regarding taxation rates, deficits, opportunity equality and taxation policy

The question may be asked what makes it easier for the poor to achieve work? Capitalism
What makes it easier for the poor to achieve much while being"poor"? socialism

Lewss poor in Norway, Sweden, Canada, Germany...all with much larger public sectors (Socialism). This argument about the welfare and number of the poor is about good and bad policy and has little to do with Capitalism and Socialism. The untimate 'Capitalist' sociuety was Victrorian England - how did that work out for the poor?

Look at it before Victoria

Full on unregulated Capitalism for some time before that....Industrial age just made being a peasent that much more miserable....

Anyway, getting back to America where it is accustomed to capitalism, until people wanted socialism and ruined OUR Industrial Age. And since then the democrats have tried to lie about it ever since.

You asked the wrong question!

It ensures they will be poor.

Liberalism / Communism / Socialism are nothing but series of confounding lies used to dupe the masses into giving up their power...

The poor become POORER.

Well a little bit of socialism is not bad, its just not always put in the right places. People just need to learn how to give and help eachother without relying on the government.

what is a 'lil bit of socialism'

Come look at Australia we are a socialist/democracy have one of the strongest economies in the world PLUS the richest woman in the world lives here Gina mining magnate. Oh and we have MEDICARE and welfare and all Australians are happy. You republicans make Afghanistan look like Disneyland with the hatred you show to your fellow Americans

"Hatred"... you show yer cards...hate is all you have... it's what you live on...
-yawns-

Where do you get that from Deep. You don't know me, I don't hate anyone. EVERYONE is equal in my eyes, men, woman, black, white, rich, poor EVERYONE EQUAL.

As a matter of fact yer not even from Australia.. just another lying azzed Liberal working for the Obummer campaign...
go away...quietly.. we've had enough lying for FOUR years

Sorry, Deep I am in Australia, I live in Brisbane Qld. Want to give me a quick quiz lol
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