MJ, Which part of your list was not in effect under the last (several) Presidents from BOTH parties.....
On Sep 24, 9:56 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > But ObamaIsa Socialistby Jacob G. Hornberger > Liberals supporters of Barack Obama become really upset when people call him > a socialist. They say that such an accusation is so outrageous that it falls > within the category of extreme or fringe. > Let s see. > Consider the following four countries: Cuba, China, North Korea, and Vietnam. > Wouldn t everyone concede that all four of those countries have socialist > systems? > Let s list some of the key programs and policies that are common to all four > of those socialist countries: > 1. Government provided retirement pay to senior citizens (i.e., Social > Security). > 2. Government provided health care (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid). > 3. Government-provided, mandatory education to people s children (i.e., > public schooling). > 4. Government-provided unemployment compensation. > 5. Government-provided welfare payments. > 6. Government central planning of monetary affairs (i.e., a Federal Reserve). > 7. Government management of the economy. > 8. Government-issued licenses for occupations and professions. > 9. Government central planning over immigration affairs. > 10. Government control over trade. > 11. Government equalization of wealth among the citizenry. > 12. Government-mandated wage rates. > 13. Government control over prices. > 14. Government-provided subsidies. > Now, which of those key programs and policies in those four socialist > countries does Barack Obama disagree with? > Answer: None. He supports them all. > If a person embraces the key programs and policies of socialist countries, > why doesn t that make him a socialist? > A question naturally arises: If liberal Barack Obama is a socialist, what > does that make conservative George W. Bush? > Isn t the answer obvious?http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-09-24.asp -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
