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Barack Obama, in theory and practice

Posted 12 May 2009 in Barack Obama, socialism, unions

For a long time, I’ve been alarmed by the big-government collectivist ideology of Barack Obama. Many times I’ve described him and his policies as socialist. But now that he’s POTUS, I’ve come to see that my choice of terminology was not completely accurate. Just for clarification, here’s a definition of socialism:

so⋅cial⋅ism  [soh-shuh-liz-uhm] –noun
the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

barack_hussein_obamarxSee? That’s pretty damn close to what Obama had proposed during his campaign: redistribution of wealth, disincentives to business & personal achievement, and widespread expansion of the federal government.

But now that the Democrats hold majorities in both houses of Congress and are poised to tilt the Supreme Court in their favor, effectively holding all the proverbial cards, my outlook is shifting as quickly as the political landscape. And in the midst of outrageous daily news stories like Obama’s never-ending bailouts and so-called “stimulus” which are adding trillions to our deficit, every day holds another new and unpleasant surprise as I watch my beloved country being quickly torn apart and rebuilt to mimic the Soviet Union.

When President Obama isn’t busy growing our debt, he’s violating the 10th Amendment by threatening sanctions against states who don’t kowtow to his special interest groups…

The Obama administration is threatening to rescind billions of dollars in federal stimulus money if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers do not restore wage cuts to unionized home healthcare workers approved in February as part of the budget.

Schwarzenegger’s office was advised this week by federal health officials that the wage reduction, which will save California $74 million, violates provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Failure to revoke the scheduled wage cut before it takes effect July 1 could cost California $6.8 billion in stimulus money, according to state officials. …

The wages at issue involve workers who care for some 440,000 low-income disabled and elderly Californians. The workers, who collectively contribute millions of dollars in dues each month to the influential Service Employees International Union and the United Domestic Workers, will see the state’s contribution to their wages cut from a maximum of $12.10 per hour to a maximum of $10.10.

…or he’s busy violating the Fifth Amendment, further enabling the government’s thuggish takeover of private enterprise, such as our banking system, our healthcare system, and of course, America’s automakers…

A leading bankruptcy attorney representing hedge funds and money managers told ABC News Saturday that Steve Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration’s Auto Industry Task Force, threatened one of the firms, an investment bank, that if it continued to oppose the administration’s Chrysler bankruptcy plan, the White House would use the White House press corps to destroy its reputation.

So here I am, admitting I was wrong. President Obama probably isn’t a socialist. There’s another political system which fits his words and deeds much more accurately:

com⋅mu⋅nism [kom-yuh-niz-uhm] –noun
a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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