Obama’s “Socialism”

Obama is clearly the most socialist candidate ever to win the nomination of a major political party in the United States. In Europe they love him because he matches the politicians that they are used to there. The concepts and proposals that he vaguely puts forth match those of the Euro parties of trade-unionists, elite socialists, technocrats, and populists whose alliance to Marxist principle varies by only faint shades in the reddish rainbow of European politics.

Months ago in political discussion with friends I mentioned that the word “justice” is used very often by Barack Obama, and in this century it’s shorthand for socialist policy. Since that policy is largely discredited they can’t call it socialism, which is why the Communist group “The World Can’t Wait” calls for political justice, social justice, just wages, just…. everything. They are joined in this chorus for justice by international ANSWER, but these really are the new faces of the Communist party in America.

But let’s get back to Barackian “justice,” is it somehow different? Not really if you look at his proposals, as IBD does in detail here.

Following this discredited Marxist model, he believes government must step in and redistribute pieces of the pie. That requires massive transfers of wealth through government taxing and spending, a return to the entitlement days of old.

Of course, Obama is too smart to try to smuggle such hoary collectivist garbage through the front door. He’s disguising the wealth transfers as “investments” — “to make America more competitive,” he says, or “that give us a fighting chance,” whatever that means.

Among his proposed “investments”:

• “Universal,” “guaranteed” health care.

• “Free” college tuition.

• “Universal national service” (a la Havana).

• “Universal 401(k)s” (in which the government would match contributions made by “low- and moderate-income families”).

• “Free” job training (even for criminals).

• “Wage insurance” (to supplement dislocated union workers’ old income levels).

• “Free” child care and “universal” preschool.

• More subsidized public housing.

• A fatter earned income tax credit for “working poor.”

• And even a Global Poverty Act that amounts to a Marshall Plan for the Third World, first and foremost Africa.

His new New Deal also guarantees a “living wage,” with a $10 minimum wage indexed to inflation; and “fair trade” and “fair labor practices,” with breaks for “patriot employers” who cow-tow to unions, and sticks for “nonpatriot” companies that don’t.

That’s just for starters — first-term stuff.

My friends thought that I was loopy when I connected Barack’s constant use of the word Justice and Marxism, and you might also — except WCW and ANSWER are both avowedly communist but trying to appear socialist. If you disbelieve just go to their web sites, or visit Zombietime.com where you can see photos of them selling communist literature and shirts, and expousing communist ideology and websites with their placards.

We defeated the USSR and put Communism on its back, but what’s the point if we give up freedom and capitalism now?

3 thoughts on “Obama’s “Socialism””

  1. The Democrats have shifted more to the left with their
    proposals of free health care, free tuition, training, better wages
    etc, etc…without thinking of where the money to fund all this
    is going to come from. What’s the use of working or owning
    a business if the government is going to give you all you need
    without working for it? Under the Democrats plan there are no
    incentives to design, invent or initiate any new business ideas
    or expand any new ones. Free or low income housing is another
    plan of the Dems to garner votes from those who are too lazy
    to try to better themselves. The idea of “redistibution of wealth”
    was started by FDR and has been expanded by the Democrats
    through the years without any good results to show for it but
    generations of welfare families who live off of the government
    dole. When it comes down to a helping hand or a hand out, most
    choose the latter….

  2. Is it just me, or are you afraid?

    Comment deletion of respectful comments that disagree with you is a sure sign of something, but it ain’t noble, brave or upright in any way I can think of.

    Methinks you lack knowledge of what noblesse oblige means.

  3. Josh – comments with 2 or more links get auto-deleted by the spam bot here. Methinks you are paranoid.

    Your other comment didn’t make sense referencing something that wasn’t there, and I delete one sentence contentless comments as well.

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