Joe Biden was asked questions from the “far right” and he couldn’t effetively answer the questions. He laughed at the questioner, wonder who wrote her questions and refused to even address one.

I will play the role of Devil’s Advocate. If I were in Joe Biden’s place, here is how I would have answered the question when asked if “spreading the wealth” around was similar to Marxism.

Communism and socialism are philosophies that believe capital should be owned by the people. The reality of that philosophy is that the government owns the capital. The opposing philosophy is free market capitalism where capital is owned privately and the the government sets up rules to assure a free market.

We are not proposing that the government own everything. We believe in the free market and private ownership. Where we differ from our opponents is how much of a role the government plays. What are the rules and how do we assure the market is free and fair?

Left unchecked, greed and disparities in equality creep into our system and only the government can provide the strength to overcome these failings. The government can assure success for the country as a whole, not just those owning capital.

We are not Marxist or Socialist. We are free market capitalist that see the world as it is, not as some Utopian free market.

Of course, I don’t believe any of that nonsense…but isn’t that a much better response to the question than laughing it off and acting like the question isn’t even worth asking?

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