Originally Posted by jujuman13

Quote by DARK WIZARD
(yea, NHS is socialism. Its scaming johnny out of his money to give health-care to Jeremy. That makes, for the time being, CAnada, Germany, GB, all socialist countries. That doesn't make them 100% socialist, but they have some socialist policies nonetheless.)

Under your concept of Socialism, EVERY Country in the World that has some form of Taxation is by definition partly Socialist, this includes the USA.
Let me explain.
A Nation Taxes it's income earning populace, with that money it Gives some to Farmers, Oil Industry, Scientific institutes etc etc.
I daresay I have left out hundreds of groups that the US Government gives money to.
However my point is that they take the money from johnny to give to Farmer
Jeremy.
Shucks they even give Farmer Jeremy money to NOT use his land to produce food or any agricultural product, in effect to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Seems kind of crazy to me, but then I guess just being a johnny and not a Jeremy, someone somewhere can make sense of all of it.
Now, do I have my understanding under your terms as to what a Socialist Government is?