If that happens the US economy is FINISHED. 
The result will be the destruction of the middle class and the gulf between rich and poor will be as wide as the oceans. 
Posted on 07/01/2004 6:33:41 AM PDT by Isara
Governing: For today's multiple choice quiz, identify who said: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
Please choose from among the following:
a) Karl Marx
b) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
c) Josef Stalin
d) Hillary Clinton
It's a trick question, because in fact each of them has expressed the same idea. But it is only Clinton who said it in those exact words.
Just to assure readers there is no attempt to take her words out of context or to twist them, here is the statement, as provided by The Associated Press, that Clinton gave Monday in San Francisco at a Democratic fund-raiser:
"Many of you are well enough off that . . . the tax cuts may have helped you," the junior senator from New York said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
The left is usually a bit more guarded in advocating its Marxist-Leninist views. But Clinton was quite clear: The state ("we") reigns over the individual ("you"). For her moment of candor, she should be commended.
But not for her governing philosophy. It's straight from the Bolshevik book of fundamental principles.
Most alarming, though, is not Clinton's statement. We long ago recognized her statist, wealth-redistributing agenda. She is part of the "we" that promises to take things away from individuals. She, and others like her, are perfectly happy defining the "common good" for all people. Clearly, the people can't do it themselves.
No, the bigger concern is that her words will not only go virtually unchallenged, but also they will be celebrated — which is more of a tragedy than a shame.
Have we become so unthinking as Americans that we'll validate the politics of envy? That we'll obediently surrender what belongs to us and to our neighbors because corrupt ideas require it?
The common good is never reached through the central planning that Clinton espouses. The nations that tried it, from the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia to East Germany, were worse off because of their oppressive systems.
They learned the lesson the hard way. So will the nations of Western Europe, where statist, top-heavy systems are beginning to fray. With all respect to the junior senator from New York, it's a lesson America can do without.
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anti-Christ is her god...why wouldnt she be a Globalist- Marxist-Third Wayer?
imo
When are you going to move out of New Jersey?
Besides, I like yelling at my radio in traffic.
If that happens the US economy is FINISHED. The result will be the destruction of the middle class and the gulf between rich and poor will be as wide as the oceans.
YES!
She's shot herself in the foot, BIGTIME!
I've seen this same story posted from about half a dozen different sources now.
That was the not so famous remark Bubba made about lower taxes being a good thing in theory, but those middle class people wouldn't spend it in the right way.
Tell Ben Afleck that he had better give Willie Nelson a call. You never know when times get hard, and he will be begging for the 1.5 million back.
Have sent it everywhere........BUMP
I'm glad to see at least some media calling this what it is: Marxist.
That's not hyperbole, that's not slander, it's not hysteria. That sentiment is the very foundation and guiding principle of Marxism. It is the political philosophy of Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and the Bolsheviks.
Is this real enough for you yet, America?
He also said "I bet you (the deep pockets he was addressing) think I raised your taxes too much. I think I did, too, Yuk!Yuk!"
---End of issue with his true supporters!
I do miss the Boardwalk, Cape May beaches and Salt Water fishing. I think the bluefish runs kept the freezer stocked for a full year.
All your tax cut are belong to us?
It had to be said.....
Hillary hasn't read it.
There's nothing in the law that prevents him from writing a check and donating to the U.S. Treasury.
That's exactly right. Agree or disagree Mr. Lunchpail, "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs." Heck, most recent grads probably think this comes directly from the US Constitution.
A bloody massacre!
Ben thinks he will be pretty forever. But he did lose the casino poker challenge.
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