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Originally Posted by flaja
Farmers:
1. Family farms may not be mortgaged or seized by creditors.
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Nope. Sink or swim.
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2. Family farms may not be sold.
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Why not? What if they don't want to farm anymore? They have to keep something they don't want?
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3. Family farms must be inherited by the farmer’s son or the nearest male relative and the heir is responsible for providing a living for the deceased farmer’s surviving spouse and minor children.
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Stupid.
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4. The government determines what a farm will produce.
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Nope.
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5. The government determines the prices at which a farmer may sell what he produces (the prices are automatically set above what the market would otherwise dictate so farmers have a certain amount of guaranteed income).
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Nope.
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Business owners:
1. All corporations worth less than $500,000 must be sold to a larger corporation or closed.
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Nope.
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2. No corporation worth less than $2.8 million may be established.
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Nope.
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3. The government determines what you will produce, how much you will produce and the price at which you will sell your product.
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On a Stalin 5 year plan.
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4. No more than 6% of a company’s profits may be distributed as dividends. The remaining 94% must be either re-invested in the company or used to purchase government bonds (which the government is not obligated to ever pay back).
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Nope.
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5. The government subsidizes things like factory construction and maintenance.
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Nope.
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Labor:
1. Labor unions are illegal.
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Okay, now you are warming me up.
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2. The government, at the direction of business owners, determines the wages and salaries of all employees.
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No price controls.
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3. Employees may not strike.
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Naahh.
No to the rest too.