Monday, October 27, 2008
Barack Obama's Self Declared Marxist Goals
The Drudge Report headline this morning provides a link to a Barack Obama radio address in 2001 in which he criticized the Supreme Court for not addressing the issue of "redistribution of wealth." This soundbite from several years ago should come as no surprise given Obama's recent claim to want to "spread the wealth around." During this same 2001 interview Barack Obama lamented that the Warren Supreme Court, by far the most left wing court in the history of the United States, "wasn't that radical." Barack further complained that he was "not optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts... [although] I think any three of us sitting here could come up with a rationale for bringing about economic change through the courts." Well even though bringing about Obama's desired "redistributive change" through the courts proves highly unconstitutional due to Congress needing to pass any tax increases, in 8 days it appears that Obama will finally be granted his Marxist fantasies that he never thought would be realized back in 2001. With Barack Obama as President of the United States, radical San Francisco leftist Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and highly partisan left wing ideologue Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader, the Democrats will finally achieve their desired socialist redistribution of wealth schemes. In fact, influential Massachussetts Congressman Barney Frank recently proposed "massive increases in spending" when the Democrats seize power and that now was no time to worry about deficits and that we have a "lot of very rich people we can tax" to pay for these programs. If you believe that the government should enact a massive wealth redistribution bureaucracy in the middle of an investment crisis then vote for change. But I don't know how you can tell me these people aren't socialists. I just hope that the idiots running the McCain campaign can jump on Obama and expose him and his allies for the far left wing partisans that they are.
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I have the free will to choose. In a philosophical argument, the great Aristotle opposed to Socrates' beautiful city because removing property rights limits the inherent free will of people to excerise morality. Arthur, my friend, I do not believe it is the government's job to tell me how I am to practice my morality (I think that is more a religion thing). Raising taxes to "redistribute the wealth" is nothing more than the government telling me that I have lost the right to be charitable out of my own free will.
Thank you,
A concerned Columbia University Republican
We absolutely need to "spread the wealth around" (see this link: http://www.lcurve.org/WealthDistribution-1998.htm). I hope the statistics disturb you as much as they did for me. I simply don't think it's alright that the top 10% of the country controls such a vast portion of the wealth in this nation. Furthermore, there's no way for these people to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" simply because they lack the opportunity to do so. It's a self-defeating, circular logical fallacy.
Additionally, striving for greater economic freedom does not equal Marxism. I could call McCain a fascist (or war hawk, or senile), but that's intellectually dishonest and ridiculous. I ask you do extend the same respect to Obama.
Obama will not close down Wall St (well, not any more than the GOP has done to our current economy). Rather, he will seek to regulate the industry. I don't see why you think this regulation will be bad when the absence of regulation is what got us into this mess. Business in America has to be responsible, and these companies need to be held accountable for reckless, deceptive, predatory business practices.
all day. keep it up I like your current state of mind bro
Economic change through the courts? Incredibly stupid idea.
Fellow concerned Columbia University Republican,
Indeed this constitutes an issue of free will. Barack Obama does not believe in economic freedom. His regime will decide how much income is "fair" just as he and Pelosi will decide that oil companies make too much money so they should be subject to a special "windfall profits tax." Interesting principle when the government decides that a private enterprise is being too successful and wants an extra piece of the pie. I wonder which industry the dems will decide is making too much money next. When we're running short on revenue to pay for this socialist spending we'll find out which industry they'll try to take out.
Alex,
The top 1% pay 40% of the taxes in this country. How much closer to 100% do you want that number to be?
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