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It is a difference of degree, not substance. Both R's and D's fully support government subsidies to industry, businesses, and even to individuals with regard to the welfare state. Their disagreements are over style and degree, they agree on the substance - Neither party wants to eliminate social and corporate welfare.

As for the socialist vs. free market, it's nonsense. Both R's and D's fully support a Mixed Market economy:

Mixed economy is an economic system in which both the state and private sector direct the economy, reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies.

Their disagreements come from degree and style - Neither party supports a Free Market:

Free Market: A completely free market is an idealized form of a market economy where buyers and sellers are allowed to transact freely (i.e. buy/sell/trade) based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention in the form of taxes, subsidies or regulation.

<blockquote data-quote="GenSeneca" data-source="post: 202409" data-attributes="member: 1169">It is a difference of degree, not substance. Both R&#039;s and D&#039;s fully support government subsidies to industry, businesses, and even to individuals with regard to the welfare state. Their disagreements are over style and degree, they agree on the substance - Neither party wants to eliminate social and corporate welfare.&nbsp;As for the socialist vs. free market, it&#039;s nonsense. Both R&#039;s and D&#039;s fully support a Mixed Market economy:&nbsp;Mixed economy is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_system" target="_blank">economic system</a> in which both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_%28polity%29" target="_blank">state</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector" target="_blank">private sector</a> direct the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy" target="_blank">economy</a>, reflecting characteristics of both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_economy" target="_blank">market economies</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_economy" target="_blank">planned economies</a>.Their disagreements come from degree and style - Neither party supports a Free Market:&nbsp;Free Market: A completely free market is an idealized form of a market economy where buyers and sellers are allowed to transact freely (i.e. buy/sell/trade) based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention in the form of taxes, subsidies or regulation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GenSeneca, post: 202409, member: 1169"] It [B]is[/B] a difference of degree, not substance. Both R's and D's fully support government subsidies to industry, businesses, and even to individuals with regard to the welfare state. Their disagreements are over style and degree, they agree on the substance - Neither party wants to eliminate social and corporate welfare. As for the socialist vs. free market, it's nonsense. Both R's and D's fully support a Mixed Market economy: [INDENT=1][B]Mixed economy[/B] is an [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_system']economic system[/URL] in which both the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_%28polity%29']state[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector']private sector[/URL] direct the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy']economy[/URL], reflecting characteristics of both [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_economy']market economies[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_economy']planned economies[/URL].[/INDENT] Their disagreements come from degree and style - Neither party supports a Free Market: [INDENT=1][B]Free Market:[/B] A completely free market is an idealized form of a market economy where buyers and sellers are allowed to transact freely (i.e. buy/sell/trade) based on a mutual agreement on price without state intervention in the form of taxes, subsidies or regulation.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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