Obama: The Stealth Socialist
By NancyA on August 2, 2008 at 1:30 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Economy, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Unions
Barack Obama’s stealth socialism can be defined by this term, which Obama uses frequently, “economic justice” Simply put it is redistribution of wealth and a euphemism for socialism. Obama discusses these words in term like “restoring fairness to the economy”, according to Investor’s Business Daily which is a code word for “soaking” the “rich”-which he seems to forget includes mom-and-pop businesses filing individual tax returns., businesses that help fuel our economy.
In the nearly two months since Obama became the presumptive nominee, he has tried to present himself as a moderate, edging ever closer to the middle of the road. Fortunately enough, Obama has left a “footprint in the sand”, his voting record. He has one of the most liberal voting records in the United States Senate. Recently, McCain had this to say about Obama’s voting record:
That’s his voting record. All I said was his voting record-and that is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Could he really be farther left than Senator Sanders (D-VT)? Yes his voting record supports his far left liberal leanings, right down to partial birth abortions! The seed of his far left leanings were developed in those summer days post high school, pre-college and a future on the horizon, while he spent days on a Waikiki Beach, with none other than late self professed communist, Frank Marshall Davis. The influence was great as Obama followed in Davis’ footsteps by becoming a Chicago-based community organizer.
His association with Trinity UCC was no mistake either. Reverend Wright spewed forth Marxist after Marxist sermon from the pulpit. He preached Black Liberation Theory as we well know now. Obama sat in that church for 20 years because he saw it as a tool. A tool, where he could affect change, and reach for the presidency he wrote about here as a youth. This what his third grade teacher said about that:
Third-grade teacher Fermina Katarina Sinaga, now 67, has perhaps the most telling story. In an essay about what he wanted to be when he grew up, Obama “wrote he wanted to be president,” Sinaga recalled.
TUCC and Reverend Wright made a wonderful, but scary back drop for Obama’s meteoric rise as a politician.
Now Obama talks about a presidency that will last 8 – 10 years. He says he will accomplish many things in his first term. Among them is the following list from Investor’s Business Daily Editorials:
• “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.
Of course he has more plans to socialize human resource departments at companies. Obama wants to micromanage companies by insisting certain requirements be met, like 7 paid sick days a year. He suggests these mandates without considering the small business person and their company bottom line, a backbone of our country.
Obama certainly appears to be following in his father’s, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.’s footsteps, who espoused massive taxes on the “rich” and redistribution of wealth”. Obama Sr, even believed in 100% taxation of wealth as long as the government gave the citizens something back they was commensurate with the taxation. More on that here.
With the economy slowing, even in a recession, gas prices high at the pumps, prices rising in every other area of our lives as transportation costs are passed on to us, we can’t afford this type of quiet stealth socialism. Obama seems to think ending the Iraq War will free up billions of dollars for the “big” government but he seems to forget we borrowed money from China to stay the days and months to come in Iraq.
Obama, who appears to not understand that the USA is using a non-existent credit card to fund the war among other things, will with his ever growing socialistic plans further push the economy in the toilet and stall the economy. It is time for Obama to take a course on economy, Economy 101.
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