Is there proof of socialist programs working in the past w/o costing freedom and huge taxes?

Question

Please site refferences or links of proof.

Answer 1

Do you consider mutual aid socialist?

Do you consider labor unions socialist?

Or how about Mondragon?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragón_C...

I don't consider government intervention socialist; it always turns out state-capitalist.

Answer 2

. Socializum is going on all over the civilized world. Canada, Swedan, France, etc. BUT somebody has to pay for it.

There is NO free lunch.

Answer 3

A comment:

Many who can help themselves but willingly accept and come to rely on public assistance don't realize that they are enslaving themselves by ignoring their human potential.

Maximizing our potential is the short path to happiness.  If we ignore that path, we tend to run in circles and mistake pleasure for happiness.

Answer 4

Nope.

http://www.mises.org/