I agree with Opinionated Blowhard on HOW the government will go about doing this.
Think of the word Obama used to get gay marriage accepted — “EVOLUTION”.
During the 2008 campaign, he said he was against gay marriage... now, he “evolved” and accepts it.
Same thing happened to abortion. First, it was limited to the early trimesters, now, even full term babies are being aborted ...
Things don’t change with a big bang, Freedom isn’t taken away immediately, the right to own firearms is not taken away at once... the changes creep in slowly, make people docile so that they can “get use to it”... until suddenly... it is too late.
Same thing will happen to your IRAs and 401K. They will attack the “very rich” first ( e.g. you can’t save more than $3 Million dollars in your IRA ). Then slowly but surely, the term “rich” evolves until YOU are the rich who gets targeted.
That has ALWAYS been the strategy.
Those who read Obama and Hillary’s mentor — SAUL ALINSKY would know this.
Exactly. On gay marriage, they show two gay men who appear to be nice, decent people and say “how can you deny these people the right to marry if they love each other.” Most uninformed people buy that argument. But then — and this is happening already — it quickly moves to “we will sue any private business that refuses service to gays for their weddings” and “we will deny tax exempt status to any church that does not marry a gay couple.
On the 401(k)s or any other economic issue, the Dems sell their grabs of private property as forcing the “rich” to pay their “fair share” and the lazy middle class accepts it because they want to live the good life off someone else’s dime. But then the Dems gradually reduce the threshold until it hits everyone. No one does a damn thing about it and we end up with government controlling everything.
I’m well aquainted with incrementalism.
My point is that some increments are a bridge too far and will be met with unexpected reaction.