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House Proceeding 04-29-09 on Apr 29th, 2009 :: 1:36:25 to 1:41:15
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1:36:11 to 1:36:32( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. carter: claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. carter: recently i read an article by -- entitled gentler maxism" begins his

1:36:25 to 1:41:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John R. Carter

1:36:33 to 1:36:53( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: comments by saying, barack obama is not a socialistic. he is a social democr. the administration's attempt to control private companies and free markets should not alarm us according to the pundits. european nation do it all the time.

1:36:54 to 1:37:16( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: is an application of the european political economic theory known as social democracy. he promised us government reform and renewed, repaired economy, more ethical business practices and he did all this as we watched our economy crash.

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John R. Carter: after these 100 days in office, we need to illuminate the path this administration is taking us down. it could be the path that leads us from limited government, that stimulates our economy naturally to a government mostly aligned with social democracy.

1:37:39 to 1:38:00( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: like the social economies of western europe, with massive taxes and chronic high unemployment. anbjective definition of social democracy from webster's online dictionary is as follows, a political movement advocating a growl and peaceful transition

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John R. Carter: from capitalism to socialism by democratic means or a second definition, a democratic welfare state that inrporates both capitalist and socialist practices. so this political economic system either moves from capitalism to socialism or combines both capitalism and

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John R. Carter: socialism to form a welfare state. we need to know more. here's the first paragraph om the inpsycheow peed yeah brit can in about social democracy. advocates a peaceful evolution of society from capitalism to

1:38:48 to 1:39:11( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: socialism using established socialism principles. social democracy shares roots with communism, but excuses the military. social democracy was originally known as revisionism because it represented a change in marxist

1:39:12 to 1:39:33( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: doctrine, primarily in the repudiation in the use of revolution to establish a capitalist society. these definitions pair with some of the actions we've seen so far in the administration which causes us concern that maybe they may be indicative of growl movement towards social

1:39:34 to 1:39:55( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: democracy. we have the stimulus bill, we have the bank bailouts. now we've got the proposal that they'll own 50% of general motors or with 39% share of the unions, 10% share for the bond holders and 1% share for the stock holders. as a result of these actions,

1:39:56 to 1:40:17( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: the federal government's spending equals almost 90% of gross domestic product. g.d.p. last year was 14.2 and now 12.8%. did we elect a president because we want todd have a social democracy system? when americans cast their vote for barack obama and cast it for

1:40:18 to 1:40:38( Edit History Discussion )

John R. Carter: a democratic coness, did they also intend that this country should adopt social democracy, that lesser form of marxism. these are issues we need to talk about. and if this is the place our country is going, maybe we need

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John R. Carter: to adopt new founding documents that more fit this form of government. these are thoughts we ought to all think abou i know i'm thinking about them. i hope your too. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: mr. boyd of orida.

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John R. Carter: mr. jones, north carolina. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. ros-lehtinen: ask unanimous consent to take the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection. the gentlelady is recognized for

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