Posted on 04/10/2021 6:40:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
In 1928, during his first year of what became known as the Stalin era, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin issued his first five-year plan, a centralized economic blueprint that focused on industrialization and collectivism. In 2021, during his first year as president of the United States, Joe Biden introduced a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that both the White House and its cheerleaders have called “transformative.”
History tells us Stalin’s plans were transformative, too.
Before we go any further, we state here for the record that Biden is not Stalin. Not even close.
Yet we see policy parallels that should make Americans – at least those who still relish freedom from big government – mighty uncomfortable.
Biden is not unique in pitching an infrastructure plan. Donald Trump had an infrastructure plan. Most politicians, from president to members of the smallest city council in the country, like infrastructure projects. But Biden’s objectives are different. There’s more social engineering than civil engineering in his proposal.
Actually, there’s much more.
Of the $2.3 trillion Biden proposes to spend, only $921 billion would be dedicated to what most agree is infrastructure. As we noted earlier this week, the remainder “would go to pet Democrat projects, payoffs to unions and left-wing groups, squirrelly climate change projects, money for misgoverned and impecunious Blue States, and other waste.”
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Because he has not disarmed us (yet) to enable "Stalin" to live again.
oy. And was Eisenhower really Hitler for building the American Autobahn?
You don’t understand the point of the article, do you?
“...we state here for the record that Biden is not Stalin...”
Right...Biden lacks Stalin’s intelligence and compassion.
“...Biden’s Stalin-esque 5-Year Plans..”
Biden is lucky if he has a 5 minute plan.
I remember listening to them (5 year plans) on my Hallicrafters short wave radio, Radio Moscow, 60 years ago. They didn’t work then either, and that “Joe” was a hell of a lot smarter then this “Joe”.
The gutting of the capable in military leadership in favor of the woke is very similar. Our Joe did not learn from the old Joe.
Despite the Interstate Highway areas that have been ill-maintained (not Ike's fault), this system has enabled Americans to be the most mobile citizenry on the planet - in a continent-sized country, no less.
Americans don't really like to be herded aboard trains (like the Europeans), we like to get in our own autos and drive, baby. Freedom!
Ike’s considerations for building the Interstate were military, to have the ability to quickly move troops and armor in case of invasion.
Upon getting to that absurd statement, there is no point to continuing to read this screed of utter nonsense any further...
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