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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Arnott" data-source="post: 84469" data-attributes="member: 304">Re: Competition: fair/unfairTo me, this would be considered socialism, before these guys took this video system out and did for hire shows. Getting government money to make shows to show on a channel that costs them no money. And is free to the public. To me this is socialism, and debatable. Where to draw the line, as you put it. One side would argue that this is a venue for artistic ventures, that would never see the light of day in a capitalistic society. And that all of society can benefit from it. The other side would argue that this is a waste of good money. That the money would be better spent on other programs, or just staying in the taxpayers pocket. But to my way of thinking, this goes past socialism, when the truck goes out to do for hire shows.Then we have gone past socialism, and into something else. Something that is wrong to me. Regards, Jack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Arnott, post: 84469, member: 304"] Re: Competition: fair/unfair To me, this would be considered socialism, before these guys took this video system out and did for hire shows. Getting government money to make shows to show on a channel that costs them no money. And is free to the public. To me this is socialism, and debatable. Where to draw the line, as you put it. One side would argue that this is a venue for artistic ventures, that would never see the light of day in a capitalistic society. And that all of society can benefit from it. The other side would argue that this is a waste of good money. That the money would be better spent on other programs, or just staying in the taxpayers pocket. But to my way of thinking, this goes past socialism, when the truck goes out to do for hire shows. Then we have gone past socialism, and into something else. Something that is wrong to me. Regards, Jack [/QUOTE]

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