That would level the playing field. I'm not going to say anything that might anger someone who is close to the edge. If we go to screen names I'll be just as worried as you that someone will find me and attack me.

Hillary, jail yes, president no.

I think of the villages as democratic socialism in action.

In this community I can play on any of the courses. The execs are free. I get to use any of the rec centers and join a 1,000 different clubs for about $10 a year. I can go to the fanciest restaurant and my friend can have a $100 check and I can have a $10 check and tip $3 and no one will think less of me because I only felt like a salad that day. It's so equal down here that I had "golf only" friends for 6 months and when we went to each others house, it turned out they must be worth 10 times more than me. I'm not jealous. But the truth is I couldn't afford their retirement home in another community and we would have never met. That would be a shame.

Down here unless someone is jingling gold all over or wears a Rolex [I guess I don't know what one looks like] you can't tell by how they dress what they are worth. You can always buy used fancy clothes at the Good Will. And who needs an expensive haircut when you are bald?

This post might upset some. But tell me if it isn't true. I have never been more equal with the have's and the have-nots then in the villages.

That is because the Villages is run as a business.

Tell me again which candidate wants to run the country like a business?

You liberals have a problem with calling someone an *******, but have no problem calling someone a bigot, racist , hater, etc. Why is that? Also, in answer to your question on the age of other posters and readers, my guess is an average age of 71.:D

You're closer the the "haves" than the have nots...that's why you like it here. Move to Wildwood or Leesburg if you want to how the "have nots" live.

That wasn't my point at all. And I just don't know how I can explain it any differently, nor do I want to even try.

And this is the exact reason for the fall of America....IGNORANCE! You definitely have an excuse for voting for Hillary now, and especially Obama. Anyone that does not know what Socialism is, just lost all credibility and shouldn't even be allowed to vote. But, that's America for you. They will allow any ignoramus the right to vote, as long as......I was going to say as long as they have a heartbeat, but that doesn't seem to stop a lot of dead from voting. So, liberals have the brain dead voting and the buried dead voting. Go figure.

Explain democratic socialism to me as you see it.
I think I have a fairly good sense of what it is but I don't know what you think it is.

How else is there to explain it? There are no HAVE NOTS living here in the villages.

The closest we have is the "historical section". Where new houses are selling in the mid $200s. Even the "trailers" are in the $150s. Anything less than that is being bought for the lot and torn down.

You can't "feel close to the have nots" when you live in "whiteville" with other affluent white people. If you consider the "have nots" to be those with less than $million portfolio, then I guess you do feel close to both.

Please...I'm not the guy you're talking to but really? "Social "science"" bull**** terms? "Explain the bull**** I just made up". That's what you're asking. Social "science" is hardly a hard science. It's used for manipulation, not much more.

bring back the screen names

You first pansy!

democratic socialism....the villages....have nots....

I have been on this forum for years.

This is the most ridiculous premise for an argument? Proposal? Defense? Example (we have not figured out of what)?. And trying to remain polite....etc!

First.......:pray:


Then......:a20:

You must have grown up in an elitist family setting, and have always had everything given to you, if you think of anyone in The Villages as being a "have not." I guess you consider Middle Class as being the "have nots" because no one with less than a middle class income can afford to live in The Villages. No wonder Killary gets votes like yours. You probably believe anything she says.

There you go thinking again...

$13, what did you drink, water? The truth is you cant afford their house in the Villages either idiot. Your not jealous...and yet comparing what they have to what you have.

Why don't you tell us where is it that you can tell how much someone is worth by how they dress. Detroit? A lot of those people have $400 shoes, $200 jeans, $100 tshirt, a $150 Bluetooth device in their ear, and no job.

You are not equal, as you have noted in your comparisons above. Those guys most likely don't care that you are not equal, they don't feel everyone has to be equal.