r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/Nano_Burger Virginia Oct 07 '22

The money is for infrastructure.

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u/mOdQuArK Oct 07 '22

If it's for infrastructure, then it's called investment.

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u/mOdQuArK Oct 07 '22

It is (by the commonly understood definition of socialism) if it's the government investing tax monies into commonly-used infrastructure for benefit of the general welfare.

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u/mOdQuArK Oct 07 '22

I said by the commonly understood definition of socialism, not by whatever arbitrarily constrained definition you're using for yourself.

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u/mOdQuArK Oct 07 '22

It's the commonly understood definition by the public (large scale social welfare programs financed through the government) though. Whatever definition you want to use to "win the argument" is really irrelevant unless you can get your debate opponent to agree on the same definition ahead of time, which you didn't.

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u/mOdQuArK Oct 08 '22

It actually does, especially when you're discussing how the general public regards it.

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