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“Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient
that the law should be just; it must be philanthropic. Nor is it sufficient that the law
should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for
physical, intellectual, and moral self-improvement. Instead, it is demanded that the law
should directly extend welfare, education, and morality throughout the nation. This is
the seductive lure of socialism. .... These two uses of the law are in direct contradiction
to each other. We must choose between them. A citizen cannot at the same time be free
and not free.”
~~Frederic Bastiat, THE LAW, 1850~~
that the law should be just; it must be philanthropic. Nor is it sufficient that the law
should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for
physical, intellectual, and moral self-improvement. Instead, it is demanded that the law
should directly extend welfare, education, and morality throughout the nation. This is
the seductive lure of socialism. .... These two uses of the law are in direct contradiction
to each other. We must choose between them. A citizen cannot at the same time be free
and not free.”
~~Frederic Bastiat, THE LAW, 1850~~
For many Americans, the election of Barack Obama to the office of President in 2008 marked the end--- at least
temporarily--- of constitutional government and the rule of law that has guided the progress of America for the
past 220 years. However, although he may be the first to set out deliberately and consciously to destroy America’s
capitalist system and replace it with a socialist one, President Obama is only the latest in a long line of progressive
(American socialist) Presidents. He is though, the first President since Woodrow Wilson to disparage our
Constitution publicly, calling it a “flawed document” and promising to remake America into what the Founders
would have wanted it to be, had they been more enlightened.
Few Americans would knowingly embrace socialism, having witnessed the destruction and misery it caused
around the world during the last century. And yet, for more than a hundred years America has been slowly but
inexorably inching toward a socialist form of government. The explanation for this is found in the fact that
socialism is never presented as socialism but as liberalism, or more recently, progressivism. Norman Thomas, six-
time Presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America, said in a 1944 speech,
temporarily--- of constitutional government and the rule of law that has guided the progress of America for the
past 220 years. However, although he may be the first to set out deliberately and consciously to destroy America’s
capitalist system and replace it with a socialist one, President Obama is only the latest in a long line of progressive
(American socialist) Presidents. He is though, the first President since Woodrow Wilson to disparage our
Constitution publicly, calling it a “flawed document” and promising to remake America into what the Founders
would have wanted it to be, had they been more enlightened.
Few Americans would knowingly embrace socialism, having witnessed the destruction and misery it caused
around the world during the last century. And yet, for more than a hundred years America has been slowly but
inexorably inching toward a socialist form of government. The explanation for this is found in the fact that
socialism is never presented as socialism but as liberalism, or more recently, progressivism. Norman Thomas, six-
time Presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America, said in a 1944 speech,
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of
'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day
America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day
America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
A similar sentiment was written by Upton Sinclair, who ran twice for Congress on the Socialist Party Ticket
before running for the governorship of California on the Democratic Ticket in 1934. In a letter to Norman
Thomas, Sinclair wrote,
before running for the governorship of California on the Democratic Ticket in 1934. In a letter to Norman
Thomas, Sinclair wrote,
“The American People will take socialism, but they won’t take the label. I certainly
proved it in the case of EPIC. Running on the Socialist Ticket, I got 60,000 votes,
and running [as a Democrat] on the slogan, ‘to end poverty in California’ I got
879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have
succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it
is much better to outflank them.”
proved it in the case of EPIC. Running on the Socialist Ticket, I got 60,000 votes,
and running [as a Democrat] on the slogan, ‘to end poverty in California’ I got
879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have
succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use attacking it by a front attack, it
is much better to outflank them.”
Due to the stigma attached to socialism, most American socialists vehemently deny the label. Karl Marx is usually
considered the founder of socialism and progressives insist that his definition is the only true one. They contend
that real socialism only exists where the means of production are owned by the government. That definition
confuses a goal of socialism with the ideology itself. Although ownership is the ultimate goal of socialists, their
interim goal is to control the economy through regulation.
considered the founder of socialism and progressives insist that his definition is the only true one. They contend
that real socialism only exists where the means of production are owned by the government. That definition
confuses a goal of socialism with the ideology itself. Although ownership is the ultimate goal of socialists, their
interim goal is to control the economy through regulation.
“In the short term we can’t eliminate private corporations, but we can bring them
under greater democratic control. The government could use regulations and tax
incentives to encourage companies to act in the public interest and outlaw
destructive activities such as exporting jobs to low-wage countries and polluting our
environment. Public pressure can also have a critical role to play in the struggle to
hold corporations accountable. Most of all, socialists look to unions to make private
business more responsible.”
~ Democratic Socialist of America (2010)
under greater democratic control. The government could use regulations and tax
incentives to encourage companies to act in the public interest and outlaw
destructive activities such as exporting jobs to low-wage countries and polluting our
environment. Public pressure can also have a critical role to play in the struggle to
hold corporations accountable. Most of all, socialists look to unions to make private
business more responsible.”
~ Democratic Socialist of America (2010)
As Marx and Engels point out in The Communist Manifesto, there are many different types of socialism.
Since its publication in 1848, The Communist Manifesto has become the most influential political document in
history. Its influence reaches into the centers of power in virtually every civilized nation on earth including our
own. The overwhelming majority of America’s political class embrace its basic tenets while denying that the
ideas they espouse amount to socialism. The same is true for members of the popular media, academia, and a
majority of the American public. As Upton Sinclair and Norman Thomas pointed out, the American people will not
accept the socialist label, but they will willingly accept its agenda under a different name.
Since its publication in 1848, The Communist Manifesto has become the most influential political document in
history. Its influence reaches into the centers of power in virtually every civilized nation on earth including our
own. The overwhelming majority of America’s political class embrace its basic tenets while denying that the
ideas they espouse amount to socialism. The same is true for members of the popular media, academia, and a
majority of the American public. As Upton Sinclair and Norman Thomas pointed out, the American people will not
accept the socialist label, but they will willingly accept its agenda under a different name.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive
treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and
carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely,
his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government
itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his
victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that
lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and
unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic
so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero
treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and
carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely,
his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government
itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his
victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that
lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and
unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic
so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero
The American socialist does not reveal his agenda openly. Instead, he talks in jargon and “code words” intended
to entice and mislead. Words like “bourgeoisie” and “proletariat” sound foreign to the American ear, so, the
progressive speaks of “the rich” and the “working people”. Instead of talking about transfer payments and
wealth redistribution, he talks of “social justice”.
Frederic Bastiat, the nineteenth century French philosopher and legal scholar quoted earlier, describes socialism
as “legal plunder” and gives a clear, unequivocal and easy to understand definition of it in his book “THE LAW”
published in 1850, as socialism was gaining a foothold in France.
to entice and mislead. Words like “bourgeoisie” and “proletariat” sound foreign to the American ear, so, the
progressive speaks of “the rich” and the “working people”. Instead of talking about transfer payments and
wealth redistribution, he talks of “social justice”.
Frederic Bastiat, the nineteenth century French philosopher and legal scholar quoted earlier, describes socialism
as “legal plunder” and gives a clear, unequivocal and easy to understand definition of it in his book “THE LAW”
published in 1850, as socialism was gaining a foothold in France.
“But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes
from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it
does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by
doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.Then abolish
this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source
for further evils because it invites reprisals. If such a law—which may be an isolated
case— is not abolished immediately, it will spread, multiply, and develop into a
system.
“The person who profits from this law will complain bitterly, defending his acquired
rights. He will claim that the state is obligated to protect and encourage his
particular industry; that this procedure enriches the state because the protected
industry is thus able to spend more and to pay higher wages to the poor workingmen.
Do not listen to this sophistry by vested interests. The acceptance of these arguments
will build legal plunder into a whole system. In fact, this has already occurred. The
present day delusion is an attempt to enrich everyone at the expense of everyone else;
to make plunder universal under the pretense of organizing it.”
~ Frederic Bastiat (1850)
from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it
does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by
doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.Then abolish
this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source
for further evils because it invites reprisals. If such a law—which may be an isolated
case— is not abolished immediately, it will spread, multiply, and develop into a
system.
“The person who profits from this law will complain bitterly, defending his acquired
rights. He will claim that the state is obligated to protect and encourage his
particular industry; that this procedure enriches the state because the protected
industry is thus able to spend more and to pay higher wages to the poor workingmen.
Do not listen to this sophistry by vested interests. The acceptance of these arguments
will build legal plunder into a whole system. In fact, this has already occurred. The
present day delusion is an attempt to enrich everyone at the expense of everyone else;
to make plunder universal under the pretense of organizing it.”
~ Frederic Bastiat (1850)
The essence of socialism is deception. At first glance, it appears that its policies are motivated by the highest of
human ideals: compassion, concern, caring, sympathy, etc. Socialists’ appeals are made on behalf of the poor, the
children, the disenfranchised, and those who have been unfortunate in life’s lottery. The reality is that socialism
appeals to the basest of human flaws: jealousy, hatred, greed and envy.
Masquerading as the savior of humanity, in reality all socialism, whether labeled socialism, Nazism, fascism,
communism, or progressivism is the very essence of evil. During the twentieth century, socialism in its various
forms was responsible for the slaughter of untold millions of innocent people through genocide, war, and political
purges. In the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics, 60 million were slaughtered; under the Nationalist Socialists
German Workers Party, 20 million; and under the People’s Republic of China, 50 million. Add to that the millions
who died under Pol Pot, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, and other socialists dictators, and you have an unbelievable amount
of human suffering that can only be ascribed to evil. For those unfortunate enough to live under one of the forms
of socialism, life consists of misery, oppression and deprivation.
Considering the consistent failure of socialism during its two-hundred year history, it is difficult to understand
how any sane person could voluntarily choose it as the preferred systems of government and economics. There
has never been an experiment in socialism of any duration that can be pointed to as an example of a successful
society. Every time it is tried, it fails miserably. Deception, corruption, envy, greed, jealously, coercion, thievery
and wholesale murder mark the existence of socialism in the world. That being the case, how then, does
socialism continue to expand its influence?
Socialism appeals to the masses because it is based on the most ignoble elements of fallen man’s nature, envy,
jealousy and greed. Real greed comes not from capitalism but from progressivism (American socialism). Its
number one attraction is a promise to provide people with economic benefits they have not earned by forcefully
taking from the earnings of others. To condone, and even encourage this “legal plunder” is the epitome of greed.
Socialism operates as a parasite on the body politic. It takes the earned wealth of the productive members of
society and redistributes it to the less productive members until all the accumulated wealth is dissipated. If
unchecked, the process continues until all members of society, with the exception of the ruling elite, are living in
deprivation and poverty. Average citizens are eventually reduced to a state of servitude to the state.
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The principles of socialism date back to the dawn of history, but the concept as a nationally organized economic
and political system only goes back to the late stages of the Industrial Revolution. In 1847, the Communist
League, meeting in London, commissioned Friedrich Engels to draw up a catechism setting forth the beliefs of the
League. His first draft, “A Communist Confession of Faith”, and a second draft, “The Principles of Communism”
were not published until years later. Instead, the two drafts became the basis of the “Communist Manifesto”, a
small book by Engels and Karl Marx published in 1848. Marx and Engels did not originate socialism; they merely
attempted to describe it as practiced in Europe during the mid-nineteenth century.
According to Marx and Engels, the transition from capitalism to communism passes through four stages:
capitalism, revolution, socialism and finally communism. Under capitalism, the bourgeois (rich) are the ruling
class, after the revolution the proletariat (workers) becomes the ruling class. Under socialism, differences
between the classes fade away until they no longer exist, ushering in the communist utopia. At least, that is the
Marxist theory.
During the post-revolutionary period, according to Marx, the capitalist system would be replaced by a
consolidation of power by the proletariat class, which Marx referred to as the “dictatorship of the proletariat”.
The purpose of this dictatorship is to prevent a counter-revolution and suppress opposition. Under revolutionary
socialism such as that in Cuba, Russia, China etc. opposition to the new regime is eliminated by imprisonment and
assassination.
That is not likely to happen in America; however, we can expect a concerted effort to curb free speech and the
continued practice of character assassination directed at anyone opposing the new order of things. Congressional
leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and others have openly expressed their desire to bring
back the fairness doctrine to get rid of opposition from talk radio. Through the social pressure of “political
correctness” and legislation against “hate speech” progressives increasingly attempt to minimize opposition
voices, and their efforts are producing a measure of success. Efforts are also underway to exercise more
government control over the internet and its information content.
In the Communist Manifesto, Marx made the following prediction:
human ideals: compassion, concern, caring, sympathy, etc. Socialists’ appeals are made on behalf of the poor, the
children, the disenfranchised, and those who have been unfortunate in life’s lottery. The reality is that socialism
appeals to the basest of human flaws: jealousy, hatred, greed and envy.
Masquerading as the savior of humanity, in reality all socialism, whether labeled socialism, Nazism, fascism,
communism, or progressivism is the very essence of evil. During the twentieth century, socialism in its various
forms was responsible for the slaughter of untold millions of innocent people through genocide, war, and political
purges. In the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics, 60 million were slaughtered; under the Nationalist Socialists
German Workers Party, 20 million; and under the People’s Republic of China, 50 million. Add to that the millions
who died under Pol Pot, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, and other socialists dictators, and you have an unbelievable amount
of human suffering that can only be ascribed to evil. For those unfortunate enough to live under one of the forms
of socialism, life consists of misery, oppression and deprivation.
Considering the consistent failure of socialism during its two-hundred year history, it is difficult to understand
how any sane person could voluntarily choose it as the preferred systems of government and economics. There
has never been an experiment in socialism of any duration that can be pointed to as an example of a successful
society. Every time it is tried, it fails miserably. Deception, corruption, envy, greed, jealously, coercion, thievery
and wholesale murder mark the existence of socialism in the world. That being the case, how then, does
socialism continue to expand its influence?
Socialism appeals to the masses because it is based on the most ignoble elements of fallen man’s nature, envy,
jealousy and greed. Real greed comes not from capitalism but from progressivism (American socialism). Its
number one attraction is a promise to provide people with economic benefits they have not earned by forcefully
taking from the earnings of others. To condone, and even encourage this “legal plunder” is the epitome of greed.
Socialism operates as a parasite on the body politic. It takes the earned wealth of the productive members of
society and redistributes it to the less productive members until all the accumulated wealth is dissipated. If
unchecked, the process continues until all members of society, with the exception of the ruling elite, are living in
deprivation and poverty. Average citizens are eventually reduced to a state of servitude to the state.
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The principles of socialism date back to the dawn of history, but the concept as a nationally organized economic
and political system only goes back to the late stages of the Industrial Revolution. In 1847, the Communist
League, meeting in London, commissioned Friedrich Engels to draw up a catechism setting forth the beliefs of the
League. His first draft, “A Communist Confession of Faith”, and a second draft, “The Principles of Communism”
were not published until years later. Instead, the two drafts became the basis of the “Communist Manifesto”, a
small book by Engels and Karl Marx published in 1848. Marx and Engels did not originate socialism; they merely
attempted to describe it as practiced in Europe during the mid-nineteenth century.
According to Marx and Engels, the transition from capitalism to communism passes through four stages:
capitalism, revolution, socialism and finally communism. Under capitalism, the bourgeois (rich) are the ruling
class, after the revolution the proletariat (workers) becomes the ruling class. Under socialism, differences
between the classes fade away until they no longer exist, ushering in the communist utopia. At least, that is the
Marxist theory.
During the post-revolutionary period, according to Marx, the capitalist system would be replaced by a
consolidation of power by the proletariat class, which Marx referred to as the “dictatorship of the proletariat”.
The purpose of this dictatorship is to prevent a counter-revolution and suppress opposition. Under revolutionary
socialism such as that in Cuba, Russia, China etc. opposition to the new regime is eliminated by imprisonment and
assassination.
That is not likely to happen in America; however, we can expect a concerted effort to curb free speech and the
continued practice of character assassination directed at anyone opposing the new order of things. Congressional
leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and others have openly expressed their desire to bring
back the fairness doctrine to get rid of opposition from talk radio. Through the social pressure of “political
correctness” and legislation against “hate speech” progressives increasingly attempt to minimize opposition
voices, and their efforts are producing a measure of success. Efforts are also underway to exercise more
government control over the internet and its information content.
In the Communist Manifesto, Marx made the following prediction:
“The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degrees, all capital from
the bourgeoisie, to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state, i.e.,
of the proletariat organized as the ruling class, and to increase the total of productive
forces as rapidly as possible.”
“In the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the
rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois production; by means of
measures, therefore, which appear economically insufficient and untenable, but which,
in the course of the movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the
old social order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionizing the mode
of production.”
the bourgeoisie, to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state, i.e.,
of the proletariat organized as the ruling class, and to increase the total of productive
forces as rapidly as possible.”
“In the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the
rights of property, and on the conditions of bourgeois production; by means of
measures, therefore, which appear economically insufficient and untenable, but which,
in the course of the movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the
old social order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionizing the mode
of production.”
He then listed ten steps necessary to bring about this “proletarian dictatorship”.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. (Marx)
When Marx’s Communist Manifesto was edited in 1888 by Freidrich Engels the most common source of wealth
was the ownership of land. Today it is ownership of businesses or investment in corporations. Although the
means of wealth creation has increased and diversified, the aims of the socialist movement have not changed. Its
ultimate goal is the ownership or control of all means of production and the abolition of capitalism
.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. (Marx)
When Marx’s Communist Manifesto was edited in 1888 by Freidrich Engels the most common source of wealth
was the ownership of land. Today it is ownership of businesses or investment in corporations. Although the
means of wealth creation has increased and diversified, the aims of the socialist movement have not changed. Its
ultimate goal is the ownership or control of all means of production and the abolition of capitalism
.
“Socialism will establish a new social and economic order in which workers and
community members will take responsibility for and control of their interpersonal
relationships, their neighborhoods, their local government, and the production and
distribution of all goods and services.”
“For these reasons we call for social ownership and democratic control of
productive resources, for a guarantee to all of the right to participate in societal
production, and to a fair share of society’s product, in accordance with individual
needs.”
~Socialist Party USA, 2008
“In the short term we can’t eliminate private corporations, but we can bring them
under greater democratic control. The government could use regulations and tax
incentives to encourage companies to act in the public interest and outlaw
destructive activities such as exporting jobs to low-wage countries and polluting our
environment. Public pressure can also have a critical role to play in the struggle to
hold corporations accountable. Most of all, socialists look to unions to make private
business more responsible.”
~Democratic Socialist of America, 2010
community members will take responsibility for and control of their interpersonal
relationships, their neighborhoods, their local government, and the production and
distribution of all goods and services.”
“For these reasons we call for social ownership and democratic control of
productive resources, for a guarantee to all of the right to participate in societal
production, and to a fair share of society’s product, in accordance with individual
needs.”
~Socialist Party USA, 2008
“In the short term we can’t eliminate private corporations, but we can bring them
under greater democratic control. The government could use regulations and tax
incentives to encourage companies to act in the public interest and outlaw
destructive activities such as exporting jobs to low-wage countries and polluting our
environment. Public pressure can also have a critical role to play in the struggle to
hold corporations accountable. Most of all, socialists look to unions to make private
business more responsible.”
~Democratic Socialist of America, 2010
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. (Marx)
Socialism could not exist in America without a progressive income tax. It is the primary means for redistribution
of income; therefore, it is strongly advocated by all socialist parties and their sympathizers.
Socialism could not exist in America without a progressive income tax. It is the primary means for redistribution
of income; therefore, it is strongly advocated by all socialist parties and their sympathizers.
“We call for a steeply graduated income tax and a steeply graduated estate tax, and
a maximum income of no more than ten times the minimum. We oppose regressive
taxes such as payroll tax, sales tax, and property taxes. We call for the restoration of
the capital gains tax and luxury tax on a progressive, graduated scale.”
~Democratic Socialist of America, 2011
a maximum income of no more than ten times the minimum. We oppose regressive
taxes such as payroll tax, sales tax, and property taxes. We call for the restoration of
the capital gains tax and luxury tax on a progressive, graduated scale.”
~Democratic Socialist of America, 2011
The first progressive income tax was levied during the Civil War by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The highest
marginal rate was 3% for those earning between $600 and $10,000 per year. It was eliminated by Congress in
1872 and revived again in 1894. In 1895, the Supreme Court declared the tax unconstitutional because it was
not apportioned among the states.
The 16th Amendment in 1913 repealed the apportionment clause in the Constitution and established the power
of Congress to levy taxes on all income regardless of its source. Opponents of a graduated income tax argue
that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment that calls for “equal protection under the law” as well as the Fifth
Amendment, and that it violates the God given, unalienable right to private property enshrined in the Declaration
of Independence, “liberty and the pursuit of happiness (prosperity)”.
In spite of the arguments against a graduated, progressive income tax, most Americans either accept or support
it, including some 80% of the nation’s economists. Since 1945, almost two-thirds of the taxes raised through
income taxes have been used for income redistribution and social engineering to support the socialist agenda.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance. (Marx)
Not satisfied with taking as much personal income in taxes as possible for redistribution among their subjects at
the time it is earned, progressives also attempt to prevent any it may have missed from being passed on to the
next generation.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. (Marx)
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital
and an exclusive monopoly. (Marx)
marginal rate was 3% for those earning between $600 and $10,000 per year. It was eliminated by Congress in
1872 and revived again in 1894. In 1895, the Supreme Court declared the tax unconstitutional because it was
not apportioned among the states.
The 16th Amendment in 1913 repealed the apportionment clause in the Constitution and established the power
of Congress to levy taxes on all income regardless of its source. Opponents of a graduated income tax argue
that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment that calls for “equal protection under the law” as well as the Fifth
Amendment, and that it violates the God given, unalienable right to private property enshrined in the Declaration
of Independence, “liberty and the pursuit of happiness (prosperity)”.
In spite of the arguments against a graduated, progressive income tax, most Americans either accept or support
it, including some 80% of the nation’s economists. Since 1945, almost two-thirds of the taxes raised through
income taxes have been used for income redistribution and social engineering to support the socialist agenda.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance. (Marx)
Not satisfied with taking as much personal income in taxes as possible for redistribution among their subjects at
the time it is earned, progressives also attempt to prevent any it may have missed from being passed on to the
next generation.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. (Marx)
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital
and an exclusive monopoly. (Marx)
“We call for all financial and insurance institutions to be socially owned and
operated by a democratically-controlled national banking authority, which should
include credit unions, mutual insurance cooperatives, and cooperative state banks.
In the meantime, we call for re-regulation of the banking and insurance Indus-
tries.” ~Socialist Party USA, 2011
operated by a democratically-controlled national banking authority, which should
include credit unions, mutual insurance cooperatives, and cooperative state banks.
In the meantime, we call for re-regulation of the banking and insurance Indus-
tries.” ~Socialist Party USA, 2011
This goal was greatly advanced by Henry Paulson, Ben Bernacke, George Bush and the 110th and 111th
Congresses with the dedication of more than $1 trillion for corporate bailouts, stimulus packages, equity
purchases in banking institutions, and mortgage loan guarantees.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. (Marx)
Congresses with the dedication of more than $1 trillion for corporate bailouts, stimulus packages, equity
purchases in banking institutions, and mortgage loan guarantees.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. (Marx)
“We support the breakup of large media companies so that no one company or
individual owns more than one newspaper, radio or television station, or television
channel. We call for the re-regulation of the communications industry (in particular,
the assertion of public ownership rights over radio and television frequencies).”
“We call for government ownership of satellite and cable companies with revenues
generated by these operations allocated to a publicly controlled fund to finance
innovative visual and audio programming (including movies), over the air radio and
television, and cable and satellite programming. The fund would also greatly increase
the money going to community cable programming.”
“We support public funding of newspapers and magazines. Any non-profit
organization that publishes a journal would receive public funding in proportion to its
paid subscriber list.”
“We oppose private ownership of the Internet backbone. We call for direct public
ownership of at least 50% of the total bandwidth and for democratic ownership and
control of the Internet domain naming system.”
~Socialist Party of America, 2011
individual owns more than one newspaper, radio or television station, or television
channel. We call for the re-regulation of the communications industry (in particular,
the assertion of public ownership rights over radio and television frequencies).”
“We call for government ownership of satellite and cable companies with revenues
generated by these operations allocated to a publicly controlled fund to finance
innovative visual and audio programming (including movies), over the air radio and
television, and cable and satellite programming. The fund would also greatly increase
the money going to community cable programming.”
“We support public funding of newspapers and magazines. Any non-profit
organization that publishes a journal would receive public funding in proportion to its
paid subscriber list.”
“We oppose private ownership of the Internet backbone. We call for direct public
ownership of at least 50% of the total bandwidth and for democratic ownership and
control of the Internet domain naming system.”
~Socialist Party of America, 2011
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into
cultivation of wastelands and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common
plan. (Marx)y of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. (Marx)
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. (Marx)
The key words in the above statement are “liability of all”. Under the socialist ideal of a government planned
and controlled economy, everyone is employed. Full employment can only be achieved with the use of “make-
work” programs such as those instituted by FDR in the thirties—WPA and CCC, for example. Barack Obama
expressed the same idea in a July 2, 2008 campaign speech in Denver, Colorado
.
cultivation of wastelands and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common
plan. (Marx)y of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. (Marx)
8. Equal liability of all to labor. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. (Marx)
The key words in the above statement are “liability of all”. Under the socialist ideal of a government planned
and controlled economy, everyone is employed. Full employment can only be achieved with the use of “make-
work” programs such as those instituted by FDR in the thirties—WPA and CCC, for example. Barack Obama
expressed the same idea in a July 2, 2008 campaign speech in Denver, Colorado
.
“I will ask for your service and your active citizenship when I am President of the
United States…This will be the central cause of my presidency. We will ask Americans
to serve. We will create new opportunities for Americans to serve. And we will direct
that service to our most pressing national challenges.”
~Barack Obama
United States…This will be the central cause of my presidency. We will ask Americans
to serve. We will create new opportunities for Americans to serve. And we will direct
that service to our most pressing national challenges.”
~Barack Obama
Additional insight into the thinking of socialists involving universal “forced” employment can be found on the
website of the Democratic Socialist of America.
website of the Democratic Socialist of America.
“We don’t agree with the capitalist assump-tion that starvation or greed is the only
reasons people work. People enjoy their work if it is meaningful and enhances their
lives. They work out of a sense of responsibility to their community and society.
Although a long-term goal of socialism is to eliminate all but the most enjoyable
kinds of labor, we recognize that unappealing jobs will long remain. These tasks
would be spread among as many people as possible rather than distributed on the
basis of class, race, ethnicity, or gender, as they are under capitalism.”
reasons people work. People enjoy their work if it is meaningful and enhances their
lives. They work out of a sense of responsibility to their community and society.
Although a long-term goal of socialism is to eliminate all but the most enjoyable
kinds of labor, we recognize that unappealing jobs will long remain. These tasks
would be spread among as many people as possible rather than distributed on the
basis of class, race, ethnicity, or gender, as they are under capitalism.”
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction
between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country. (Marx)
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its
present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c., &c. (Marx)
Just a few short years ago, we would have considered these ambitious goals of the socialist movement to be
impossible under our system of government. However, considering the past two years of the Obama
Administration and the Democratic Congress in the context of the history of the last hundred and twenty five
years, they not only seem possible but highly probable unless our present course is reversed.
between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country. (Marx)
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its
present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c., &c. (Marx)
Just a few short years ago, we would have considered these ambitious goals of the socialist movement to be
impossible under our system of government. However, considering the past two years of the Obama
Administration and the Democratic Congress in the context of the history of the last hundred and twenty five
years, they not only seem possible but highly probable unless our present course is reversed.
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