Planned economy or planned destruction?
From the Chicago Tribune, 1934 – and just as applicable today!
In: Politics · Tagged with: socialism
Didn’t the US used to fight Socialism?
In Vietnam, we fought socialists. In Korea, we fought socialists. In the Cold War, we fought socialists. In World War II, we fought socialists. Now we elect them. From a recent Gallup poll:
How is it that in 2010 more than one-third of U.S. citizens have a positive view of socialism? Socialism has killed almost as many people as war, cancer, and natural causes combined! The next question should have been to name their most favorite socialist. Unsurprisingly, over half of Democrat respondents held a positive view of socialism.
As to the four percent who held a negative view of small business, that would presumably be the four percent of America that now works for the Obama administration.
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What Democracy and Socialism have in common
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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The ‘philosophy of failure’
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel or envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
- Winston Churchill
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Obama Admin Hijacks 9/11
Matt Vadum has an excellent article at The American Spectator where he uncovers the actions of Van Jones and Lennox Yearwood, whom Vadum calls “Marxists who blame America for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.” The two are working “to help turn Sept. 11 from a day of solemn remembrance into an unseemly celebration of radical environmentalism and Big Government.”
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Are We There Yet?
Norman Thomas, the six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America said “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”
While the U.S. focused on defeating the foreign threat of Communism, we were not watching the domestic threat. The government has been undermining our liberties for years, and the pace has picked up remarkably within the last few months. Instead of assigning blame, however, we should see just how far we have come. The best way to illustrate this is to look at Karl Marx’s Ten Planks of Communism, found in the Communist Manifesto. Written in 1848, the Ten Planks were the steps necessary to defeat a capitalist society, replacing it with a communist government.
(from the Jeremiah Project, italics mine)
- Abolition of private property and the application of all rents of land to public purposes.
CHECK!
The courts have interpreted the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868) to give the government far more “eminent domain” power than was originally intended. Under the rubric of “eminent domain” and various zoning regulations, land use regulations by the Bureau of Land Management property taxes, and “environmental” excuses, private property rights have become very diluted. As a result, private property in lands, vehicles, and other forms are seized almost every day in this country under the “forfeiture” provisions of the RICO statutes and the so-called War on Drugs. Private owners of property are required to get permission from government relative to the use of their property. - A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
CHECK!
The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913 (which some scholars maintain was never properly ratified), the Social Security Act of 1936, Joint House Resolution 192 of 1933, and various State income taxes established this major Marxist coup in the United States many decades ago. These taxes continue to drain the lifeblood out of the American economy and greatly reduce the accumulation of desperately needed capital for future growth, business starts, job creation, and salary increases. - Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
CHECK!
Another Marxist attack on private property rights is in the form of Federal & State estate taxes and other inheritance taxes, which have abolished or at least greatly diluted the right of private property owners to determine the disposition and distribution of their estates upon their death. (more…)
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Exposing the Democrat agenda
The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly.
- Norman Mattoon Thomas, six-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate
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Great cartoon for children exposing Socialism
This 1948 cartoon on the pitfalls of Socialism (disguised as “Ism” on the video) might as well be from 2009. Get your children and watch this ASAP.
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Quote of the Day
The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.
- Norman Mattoon Thomas, six-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate
In: Politics · Tagged with: liberalism, socialism, Socialist Party of America
