Henry Lamb
Birds of a feather flock together
By Henry Lamb
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The recent gathering at the Lincoln Memorial was nothing less than an enormous, nationally televised coming-out party for closet Marxists. Washington watchers have long known about the love affair between the Marxists in America and other major political forces. Here are a few of the organizations that are marching, lock-step, in support of the Democratic majority that is advancing a Marxist agenda:
Any honest analysis of why the economy ran into the ditch has to begin with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, promoted by the Carter administration and many of the organizations that "came out" last weekend. The purpose of the law was to make it easier for low-income families to get mortgages.
Marxists, of course, believe that adequate housing is a right, and that government has the responsibility to see that every person has adequate housing. The Clinton administration, goaded on by many of the organizations that "came out" last weekend, lowered the credit requirements to the point that NINJNAs (No Job, No Income, No Assets) were buying upscale houses all over the country with what were called "sub-prime" mortgages. To his credit, George Bush tried in vain to tighten the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but Democrats Charles Schumer and Barney Frank led the charge to defeat tighter controls.
It was clearly the failed policies of the Democrats and their Marxist buddies who ran the economy into the ditch, not eight years of the Bush administration.
Speaker after speaker last week, railed against corporations that out-sourced jobs to foreign countries. They fail to recognize that it is their failed policies that force corporations to find less expensive production costs.
Environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity, and hundreds of others, constantly force production costs upwards by lobbying for ever stronger environmental regulations that virtually stop land use, require reams of scientific and technical reviews to meet Environmental Impact Statement requirements. These regulatory costs rarely improve the environment, and since they are not required in other countries, corporations are drawn away from America.
Labor unions drive wage and benefit costs up year after year, without concern for the cost, or whether there are sufficient sales to cover the costs. This is what killed the U.S. auto industry. This, along with excessive environmental and social regulatory costs, is what has killed the entire American manufacturing industry. These are the failed policies that are dragging the American economy into the ditch, not eight years of the Bush administration. This ever-increasing cost of production doesn't exist in other countries; these Marxist policies force industry to leave the U.S.
Marxists claim they believe in non-discrimination, equality for everyone. That is, everyone but the rich.
Marxists believe in discrimination against the rich. Marxists believe that the rich should be penalized and forced to pay a higher tax rate than everyone else.
Marxists believe that the government should provide to the poor adequate housing, health care. education, and a job that pays a decent wage. They believe the rich should be forced to pay the costs, whatever the costs may be.
It is morally wrong to tax one segment of the population at a higher rate than another segment of the population. Progressive income tax is nothing more than legalized theft. Marxists also believe that the end justifies the means. Therefore, to Marxists, nothing is immoral if it achieves the desired outcome. The only thing that is immoral to a Marxist is failure to achieve the desired outcome.
Marxists influenced the direction of government excessively during the Wilson administration, the Roosevelt administration, and since the Clinton administration. Obama and his cadre of Marxists czars and Democratic majority in congress, have turned up the heat on advancing his Marxist agenda. The Democrats and the Marxist organizations gathered at the Lincoln Memorial last week will do whatever is necessary to prevail in every election they can, and then enact every Marxist scheme they can during the lame duck session of Congress.
Never have the Marxists been this close to completely "transforming the United States of America," as Obama so proudly predicted. Never has it been so important to turn out the Democrats in Congress and replace them with candidates who honor and respect the U.S. Constitution, free markets, private property, and individual freedom.
© Henry Lamb
October 11, 2010
To listen click here
The recent gathering at the Lincoln Memorial was nothing less than an enormous, nationally televised coming-out party for closet Marxists. Washington watchers have long known about the love affair between the Marxists in America and other major political forces. Here are a few of the organizations that are marching, lock-step, in support of the Democratic majority that is advancing a Marxist agenda:
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Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Democratic Socialists of America
Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
Sierra Club
National Wildlife Federation
Friends of the Earth
Center for Biological Diversity
NAACP
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
AFL-CIO
UAW, International Union
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
American Federation of Teachers
American Association of University Professors
AFGE: American Federation of Government Employees
(And more than 300 other organizations)
Any honest analysis of why the economy ran into the ditch has to begin with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, promoted by the Carter administration and many of the organizations that "came out" last weekend. The purpose of the law was to make it easier for low-income families to get mortgages.
Marxists, of course, believe that adequate housing is a right, and that government has the responsibility to see that every person has adequate housing. The Clinton administration, goaded on by many of the organizations that "came out" last weekend, lowered the credit requirements to the point that NINJNAs (No Job, No Income, No Assets) were buying upscale houses all over the country with what were called "sub-prime" mortgages. To his credit, George Bush tried in vain to tighten the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but Democrats Charles Schumer and Barney Frank led the charge to defeat tighter controls.
It was clearly the failed policies of the Democrats and their Marxist buddies who ran the economy into the ditch, not eight years of the Bush administration.
Speaker after speaker last week, railed against corporations that out-sourced jobs to foreign countries. They fail to recognize that it is their failed policies that force corporations to find less expensive production costs.
Environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity, and hundreds of others, constantly force production costs upwards by lobbying for ever stronger environmental regulations that virtually stop land use, require reams of scientific and technical reviews to meet Environmental Impact Statement requirements. These regulatory costs rarely improve the environment, and since they are not required in other countries, corporations are drawn away from America.
Labor unions drive wage and benefit costs up year after year, without concern for the cost, or whether there are sufficient sales to cover the costs. This is what killed the U.S. auto industry. This, along with excessive environmental and social regulatory costs, is what has killed the entire American manufacturing industry. These are the failed policies that are dragging the American economy into the ditch, not eight years of the Bush administration. This ever-increasing cost of production doesn't exist in other countries; these Marxist policies force industry to leave the U.S.
Marxists claim they believe in non-discrimination, equality for everyone. That is, everyone but the rich.
Marxists believe in discrimination against the rich. Marxists believe that the rich should be penalized and forced to pay a higher tax rate than everyone else.
Marxists believe that the government should provide to the poor adequate housing, health care. education, and a job that pays a decent wage. They believe the rich should be forced to pay the costs, whatever the costs may be.
It is morally wrong to tax one segment of the population at a higher rate than another segment of the population. Progressive income tax is nothing more than legalized theft. Marxists also believe that the end justifies the means. Therefore, to Marxists, nothing is immoral if it achieves the desired outcome. The only thing that is immoral to a Marxist is failure to achieve the desired outcome.
Marxists influenced the direction of government excessively during the Wilson administration, the Roosevelt administration, and since the Clinton administration. Obama and his cadre of Marxists czars and Democratic majority in congress, have turned up the heat on advancing his Marxist agenda. The Democrats and the Marxist organizations gathered at the Lincoln Memorial last week will do whatever is necessary to prevail in every election they can, and then enact every Marxist scheme they can during the lame duck session of Congress.
Never have the Marxists been this close to completely "transforming the United States of America," as Obama so proudly predicted. Never has it been so important to turn out the Democrats in Congress and replace them with candidates who honor and respect the U.S. Constitution, free markets, private property, and individual freedom.
© Henry Lamb
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