I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism. But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction. ---- sad but true
our options are limited - it wouldn't be prudent to just kill socialists - we have to politically defeat them and teach our children how to recognize and treat them On May 31, 9:47 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > . > > *Back on Uncle Sam's plantation > *Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist > > Six years ago I wrote a book called *Uncle Sam's Plantation*. I wrote the > book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and > my own transformation out of it. > > I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on > socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism. > > I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy > Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), > Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 > Housing, and Food Stamps. > > A vast sea of perhaps well-intentioned government programs, all initially > set into motion in the 1960s, that were going to lift the nation's poor out > of poverty. > > A benevolent Uncle Sam welcomed mostly poor black Americans onto the > government plantation. Those who accepted the invitation switched mind sets > from "How do I take care of myself?" to "What do I have to do to stay on the > plantation?" > > Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created > monstrous moral and spiritual problems -- the kind of problems that are > inevitable when individuals turn responsibility for their lives over to > others. > > The legacy of American socialism is our blighted inner cities, dysfunctional > inner city schools, and broken black families. > > Through God's grace, I found my way out. It was then that I understood what > freedom meant and how great this country is > > I had the privilege of working on welfare reform in 1996, passed by a > Republican Congress and signed 50 percent. > > I thought we were on the road to moving socialism out of our poor black > communities and replacing it with wealth-producing American capitalism. > But, incredibly, we are going in the opposite direction. > > Instead of poor America on socialism becoming more like rich American on > capitalism, rich America on capitalism is becoming like poor America on > socialism. > > Uncle Sam has welcomed our banks onto the plantation and they have said, > "Thank you, Suh." > > Now, instead of thinking about what creative things need to be done to serve > customers, they are thinking about what they have to tell Massah in order to > get their cash. > > There is some kind of irony that this is all happening under our first black > president on the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. > > Worse, socialism seems to be the element of our new young president. And > maybe even more troubling, our corporate executives seem happy to move onto > the plantation. > > In an op-ed on the opinion page of the *Washington Post*, Mr. Obama is clear > that the goal of his trillion dollar spending plan is much more than short > term economic stimulus. > > "This plan is more than a prescription for short-term spending -- it's a > strategy for America 's long-term growth and opportunity in areas such as > renewable energy, healthcare, and education." > > Perhaps more incredibly, Obama seems to think that government taking over an > economy is a new idea. Or that massive growth in government can take > place "with > unprecedented transparency and accountability." > > Yes, sir, we heard it from Jimmy Carter when he created the Department of > Energy, the Synfuels Corporation, and the Department of Education. > > Or how about the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 -- The War on Poverty -- > which President Johnson said"...does not merely expand old programs or > improve what is already being done. It charts a new course. It strikes at > the causes, not just the consequences of poverty." > > *Trillions of dollars later, black poverty is the same. But black families > are not, with triple the incidence of single-parent homes and > out-of-wedlock births.** > * > *It's not complicated. Americans can accept Barack Obama's invitation to > move onto the plantation. Or they can choose personal responsibility and > freedom.** > * > *Does anyone really need to think about what the choice should be?** > * > *"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other > people's money."* > > Plain and simple. > > -- > NOTICE: Due to (Un)Constitutional Presidential Executive Orders, > the National Security Agency may have read this email without > warning or notice. 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