CHANGE EQUALS SOCIALISM - NATIONALIZATION
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Democratic
Progressive Caucus United States Congress: "The members of the Progressive Caucus share
a common belief in the principles of social and economic justice, non-discrimination
and tolerance in America…” Democratic
Socialists: “Believe that both the economy and society should
be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To
achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy
must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy
so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect
our lives.” Marxism: Democracy is the road to socialism The socialist slogan is "From each according
to his ability, to each according to his work." The communist slogan is "From each according
to his ability, to each according to his needs." Communism, which evolves peacefully from
socialism, is a classless society under which the state will wither away. Class hatred is a good thing and class
collaboration is a bad thing. Full Marxism in power has been a disaster in
every country where it has gained power. Leninism: Democracy is indispensable to socialism The exploiters need to be liquidated as a class.
This ambiguous phrase sometimes just meant taking their property and exiling
them, but often enough it meant killing them and sometimes their families. **
Liquidating the capitalists as a class made the country poorer.
How
Capitalism Will Save Us Steve Forbes 10.22.08, 6:00 PM ET Forbes Magazine
dated November 10, 2008 Some liberal
political activists are advocating using Washington's new powers to pursue
other agendas, such as forcing tighter emissions curbs or mandating costly
health insurance coverage. New attempts to restrict corporate pay, at least
in some sectors, is a given--overlooking the unintended side effects of Bill
Clinton's attempt to limit CEO pay packages back in 1993. (The deductibility
of CEOs' salaries was capped, which led companies to use stock options as
never before.) Protectionists are renewing calls for trade restrictions in
the name of consumer safety and promoting "better" labor and
environmental standards. Politically resurgent labor unions and other
activists will push for rules on who sits on corporate boards to "better
represent consumers and investors." They want an implicit veto power
over the policies of publicly held companies. They're also ready to remove
barriers, such as the secret ballot, in order to coerce workers into joining
unions. |
What CHANGE will usher in –
socialism. Socialists
mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and
wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and creates an
unequal society. All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian
society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly. Karl Marx
posited that socialism would be achieved via class struggle and a proletarian
revolution which represents the transitional stage between capitalism and
communism. (Wikipedia) But can you recognize socialism when you see it
and how is it different than what our Founders envisioned? What is capitalism? Laissez
faire capitalism means the complete separation of economy and state, just
like the separation of church and state. Capitalism is the social system
based upon private ownership of the means of production which entails a
completely uncontrolled and unregulated economy where all land is privately
owned. But the separation of the state and the economy is not a primary, it
is only an aspect of the premise that capitalism is based upon: individual
rights. Capitalism is the only politico-economic system based on the doctrine
of individual rights. This means that capitalism recognizes that each and
every person is the owner of his own life, and has the right to live his life
in any manner he chooses as long as he does not violate the rights of others.
What is the opposite of capitalism? Statism,
in any form. (Nationalization) Statism
is the concentration of power in the state at the expense of individual
freedom. Capitalism is the only system which protects individual rights and
freedom, but the variety of political systems which violate individual
freedom are numerous: socialism, communism, fascism, Nazism, absolute
monarchies, military dictatorships, theocracies, or the welfare state are all
systems which infringe upon individual rights, which means they
institutionalize the initiation of force against their citizens. It
must be realized that there are only two fundamental political philosophies:
those who are for freedom and individual rights and those who are against
them. The types of political systems who are against freedom and individual
rights are numerous, for there are many ways to violate the rights of man,
but there is only one political-economic philosophy which upholds that the
rights of man are absolute and immutable -- capitalism. Is capitalism a just social system? Yes.
In
fact, capitalism is the complete embodiment of social justice. In social or
political context justice means that every person gets no more, and no less,
than what he gains through voluntary association with other men. A capitalist
society is a just society because all individuals are considered equal under
the law. Capitalism recognizes that it is just for a man to keep what he has
earned and that it is unjust for a man, or group of men, to have the right to
what other people have earned. Since all people must live independently under
capitalism, all of the material values that a person acquires must be earned.
Thus, the expression of social justice under capitalism is that what a man
earns is directly proportional to what he produces, with no antitrust laws or
progressive income taxes stifling his achievement for the sole fact the he
did achieve. All other forms of government, such as the welfare state,
institutionalize injustice by legally expropriating the property of some men
and giving it to others. Many
people have trouble accepting that capitalism is a just system because of the
existence of economic inequality. It is observed that famous celebrities and
sports stars have very large incomes for work that is perceived as trivial,
and that many hard working people make incomes which pale in comparison for
jobs that are perceived to be a greater benefit to society. What people must
realize is that it is perfectly just for a superstar athlete, even with
little or no education, to make a hundred times the income of a scientist who
has a Ph.D. and works much longer and strenuous hours. Why? Because the
athlete creates enormous profits through ticket sales and product
endorsements whereas the scientist generates very little revenue through his
research. That is, each of them deserves what they earn, and what they earn
is the result of how much wealth each of them creates (Incidentally, this is
not to say that the athlete is morally superior to the scientist because he
is wealthier). Since each man has the right to the product of his labor, it
is completely just for the disparity in incomes to exist, and the only
injustice to occur would be for the government to take money from the athlete
and give it to those who supposedly deserve it on the basis of their
"need." What is happening today? Nationalization
which is the act of taking an industry or assets into the public ownership of
a national government. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but
may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as
municipalities. The opposite of nationalization is usually privatization or
de-nationalization, but may also be municipalization. A renationalization
occurs when state-owned assets are privatized and later nationalized again,
often when a different political party or faction is in power. A renationalization
process may also be called reverse privatization. The motives for nationalization are political as well
as economic. It is a central theme of certain brands of 'state socialist'
policy that the means of production, distribution and exchange, should be
owned by the state on behalf of the people. Socialists believe that public
ownership enables people to exercise full democratic control over the means
whereby they earn their living and provides an effective means of
redistributing wealth and income more equitably. Nationalized industries, charged with operating in
the public interest, may be under strong political and social pressures to
give much more attention to externalities. They may be obliged to operate
some loss making activities where social benefits are clearly greater than
social costs - for example, rural, postal and transport services. As an
instance, the United States Postal Service is guaranteed its nationalized
status by the Constitution. The government has recognized these social
obligations and, in some cases, provides subsidies for such non-commercial
operations. Since the nationalized industries are state owned,
the government is responsible for meeting any debts incurred by these
industries. The nationalized industries do not normally borrow from the
domestic market other than for short-term borrowing. Nationalization
may occur with or without compensation to the former owners. If it takes
place without compensation it is a case of expropriation. Nationalization is
distinguished from property redistribution in that the government retains
control of nationalized property. Some nationalizations take place when a
government seizes property acquired illegally. For example, the French
government seized the car-makers Renault because its owners had collaborated
with the Nazi occupiers of France. 2001
In response to the September 11 attacks, the then-private airport security
industry was nationalized and put under the authority of the Transportation
Security Administration. 2008
In September 2008, the government initiated the nationalization of Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae. (Wikipedia) "These are the times that try men's souls."
- Thomas Paine, Founding Father. This simple quotation from Founding Father Thomas
Paine's The Crisis describes the
beginnings of the American Revolution. Paine’s writings inspired great
passion. He communicated the ideas of the Revolution to common farmers as
easily as to intellectuals, creating prose that stirred the hearts of the
fledgling United States. In 1776, he published Common Sense, a strong defense of American Independence from
England. In the Rights
of Man (1791) Paine posits that popular political revolution is
permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural
rights, and their national interests. This might be Thomas Paine’s take on our Country
today. |
Read:
Two Wolves and a Sheep Can
You Recognize a Marxist? It’s a short
walk from Communitarian to Communism and you can
stop by Community along the way. Pure
Communism has never been implemented, it remains theoretical: Communism is, in
Marxist theory, the end-state, or the result of state-socialism. The word is
now mainly understood to refer to the political, economic, and social theory
of Marxist thinkers, or life under conditions of Communist party rule. The
socialist want you to believe: “you are your Brother’s keeper” And
the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not:
Am I my brother's keeper? Scripture in the Bible does not say you are. Proposed fee on smelly
cows, hogs angers farmers By
Bob Johnson, Associated Press Writer – Fri Dec 5, Farmers so far are turning their noses up at the
notion, which is one of several put forward by the Environmental Protection
Agency after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases
emitted by belching and flatulence amounts to air pollution. "This is one of the most ridiculous things the
federal government has tried to do," said Alabama Agriculture
Commissioner Ron Sparks, an outspoken opponent of the proposal. It would require farms or ranches with more than 25
dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for
each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog. The executive vice president of the Wyoming Farm
Bureau Federation, Ken Hamilton, estimated the fee would cost owners of a
modest-sized cattle ranch $30,000 to $40,000 a year. He said he has talked to
a number of livestock owners about the proposals, and "all have said if
the fees were carried out, it would bankrupt them." "It makes perfect sense if you are looking for
ways to cut down on meat consumption and recoup environmental losses,"
said Bruce Friedrich, a spokesman in Washington for People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals. And
now for a world government Published: December 8 2008 Financial Times I have never believed that there is a secret United
Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black helicopters
hovering in the sky above Montana. But, for the first time in my life, I
think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible. So could the European model go global? There are
three reasons for thinking that it might. UN
Blowback: More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global
Warming Claims December 10, 2008 Study: Half of warming due to Sun! –Sea Levels Fail to Rise? -
Warming Fears in 'Dustbin of History' 2008
was the year man-made global warming was disproved By Christopher Booker …on May 21, headed "Climate
change threat to Alpine ski resorts" , reported that the entire Alpine
"winter sports industry" could soon "grind to a halt for lack
of snow". The second, on December 19, headed "The Alps have best
snow conditions in a generation", reported that this winter's Alpine
snowfalls "look set to beat all records by New Year's Day". Rapid growth spurt
leaves amount of ice at levels seen 29 years ago. Sea Ice
Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 Thanks
to a rapid rebound in recent months, global sea ice levels now equal
those seen 29 years ago, when the year 1979 also drew to a close. Earth on the Brink of
an Ice Age Long-term
climate data collected from various sources shows a strong correlation with
the three astronomical cycles which are together known as the Milankovich cycles.
The three Milankovich cycles include the tilt of the earth, which varies over
a 41,000 year period; the shape of the earth’s orbit, which changes over a
period of 100,000 years; and the Precession of the Equinoxes, also known as
the earth’s ‘wobble’, which gradually rotates the direction of the earth’s
axis over a period of 26,000 years. According to the Milankovich theory of
Ice Age causation, these three astronomical cycles, each of which effects the
amount of solar radiation which reaches the earth, act together to produce
the cycle of cold Ice Age maximums and warm interglacials. January 19, 2009 –
Somebody is lying to us! You read: Study: Half of
warming due to Sun! –Sea Levels Fail to Rise? - Warming Fears in 'Dustbin of
History' Next you read: Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as
1979 And now there is this:
January 18, 2009 Soaring carbon emissions are already causing ice-cap melting and threaten
to trigger global flooding,…so who is lying? Is
it just a coincidence that the above article says Obama has just four years
to save the world and that the UN’s plan for world socialism (Agenda 21) must be
complete by 2012? |
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Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship "It
may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who
proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in
an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring
attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a
problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism." February
10, 2009 Bloomberg
News: Ruin
Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan Betsy McCaughey (Hidden in the stimulus plan) One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of
Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your
doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost
effective. Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful
users” of the new system will face penalties.
“Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the
HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of
meaningful use over time” Health-care reform “will not be pain free.”
Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead
of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
Is this a face you
can trust? Obama’s
real direction is easily found in past statements. His real purpose for healthcare reform is
to destroy the health insurance industry and have a single payer system,…the
government. |
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Obama climate czar has socialist
ties Group sees 'global governance' as
solution Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect
Barack Obama's pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders
of a socialist group's Commission for a
Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance"
and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate
change. February
20, 2009 Transportation
secretary says taxing how much we drive may replace
gasoline tax By JOAN LOWY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood says he wants to consider taxing motorists based on how many miles
they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn — an idea that has angered
drivers in some states where it has been proposed. "We should look at the vehicular miles
program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they
traveled," the former Illinois Republican lawmaker said. The system would require all cars and trucks be
equipped with global satellite positioning technology, a transponder, a clock
and other equipment to record how many miles a vehicle was driven, whether it
was driven on highways or secondary roads, and even whether it was driven
during peak traffic periods or off-peak hours. The device would tally how much tax motorists
owed depending upon their road use. Motorists would pay the amount owed when
it was downloaded, probably at gas stations at first, but an alternative
eventually would be needed. June
26, 2009 The Climate Change Climate Change Paul Sheehan, a noted
Australian columnist -- and ardent global warming believer -- in April humbly
pronounced it (a published book "Heaven and Earth," a damning
critique of the "evidence" underpinning man-made global warming)
“an evidence-based attack on conformity and orthodoxy, including my own, and
a reminder to respect informed dissent and beware of ideology subverting
evidence." July
10,2009 Gore: U.S. Climate Bill Will Help Bring About 'Global
Governance' Gore's
call for “global governance” echoes former French President Jacques Chirac's
call in 2000. On November 20,
2000, then French President Chirac said during a speech at The Hague that the
UN's Kyoto Protocol represented "the
first component of an authentic global governance." READ: UN AGENDA 21 The
blue print for one world governance |
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