Wednesday, March 31, 2010

VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: Please don't call it 'state socialism' - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com

Something about “those that do not know history are condemned to repeat” it comes to mind.

 

VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: Please don't call it 'state socialism' - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com


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The modern Prussian police state was built by Bismarck and others in the 19th century on a Spartan model, giving the central government vastly greater control over the individual than had ever been considered possible before.

Bismarck's program centered squarely on insurance programs designed to increase support for the ever larger and more powerful government. The program included health insurance, workman's compensation, disability insurance and old-age retirement pensions, all innovations at the time.

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