The kind of slavery generated by the welfare state is different. It’s self-imposed. Productive people tolerate the dependence of their fellow man on them for government handouts, secretly thinking they might need it themselves one day. Social Security and Medicare, the most expensive of the wealth transfer programs, are guaranteed to everybody (at least for now).
Archive for Category: "Socialism, Marxism & Communism"
February 16, 2012 11:47
“Welcome to Sustainable City”
Nobody can escape now being “green” and “sustainable.” It is the progressives’ religion, “green” is the new Marxism.
February 16, 2012 06:18
Mad Maxine calls GOP “demons” – wants to nationalize oil, banks and Wall Street
Maxine Waters is in line to chair the House financial services committee with Barney Frank’s retirement. Another Democrat House would put this avowed Marxist in charge of overseeing the US financial sector. She is infamous for saying the Teaparty can “go straight to hell” and that she would be all about socializing the oil industry.
February 16, 2012 05:12
God and Man at CPAC: Facing the 2012 Election
There is one point, however, on which both foundationalists and progressives can agree: the 2012 election is one of enormous importance. Without question, its outcome will determine the future direction of the country, a reinvigoration of America’s foundationalism or a continuation of progressives’ administrative statism.
February 10, 2012 18:26
UK MEP Hannan Gives America a Warning at CPAC 2012
European Parliament member Daniel Hannan warns Americans not to follow the failed socialist policies of Europe. MEP Hannan spoke at a CPAC conference titled “The European Debt Implosion: Is America Next?” Hanna is the Secretary General of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists. What you might call the EuroTeaParty.
February 10, 2012 06:59
Good or Bad Economy, for Obama It’s a Win-Win
To Obama, people giving up on work IS good news. We’re getting closer to the day where a majority of Americans depend on the federal government for their very livelihoods. This is what Obama wants. This is what all liberal Democrats who hold power want — and need. It’s their drug: Power over others by making them dependent.
February 10, 2012 05:44
Obama’s Redistribution Is Working As Government Handouts Reach All Time High
This much dependence on government has not been seen before in our nation, and it spells grave danger for the republic. A dose of reality would inform politicians that federal handouts, while politically expedient, will doom the republic if they are not curtailed.
February 7, 2012 06:57
A Nation of Government Dependents?
In 2010, 49 percent — or nearly half — of the U.S. population lived in a household receiving government assistance. According to Investors.com, this percentage of the population has gone “up from 44 percent the year before Obama took office, and way up from 1983, when fewer than a third were government beneficiaries.”
February 3, 2012 05:26
Che Guevara’s Regime still Murdering the Young and the Defenseless
“The Cuban regime is a callous band of murderers that once again has blood on its hands,” said Senator Marco Rubio in a bi-partisan Senate Resolution passed on Jan. 26 in Villar’s honor. “Once again, we are reminded of the unintended but negative consequences of this administration’s loosened travel and remittance policies (to Cuba.) They help deliver more hard currency to the Castro regime, making it easier for them to brutalize and even murder the Cuban people.”
February 2, 2012 14:40
A timely reminder: Marxism in America
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) W.G. Boykin gave this chilling description of what is happening in America just before the election in 2010. It serves as a reminder of why we MUST get off the couch, turn off the TV and work to oust the current Marxist administration.
