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Socialism on the March
Human Events Online ^ | September 15, 2005 | Chris Field

Posted on 09/16/2005 7:36:31 AM PDT by hinterlander

President Bush has just concluded his obligatory speech from New Orleans to tell us how we're all going to be heavily involved and invested in the rebuilding of the Crescent City.

Let's take a quick look at his laundry list -- a list for which he neglected to name a price tag.

• The federal government will "do what it takes" and will "stay as long as it takes" -- great, just what I wanted to hear.

• States will be reimbursed for their efforts in responding to Katrina. Does that include states like North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Montana where some of the victims/refugees might have gone?

• Contrary to the strong suggestions of Jack Kemp, there will be no attempt to employ the idea of capitalism and free enterprise in this "recovery."

• The Katrina aftermath proved to be a massive failure of government. So, Bush and his men think that the correct response to major federal government mess-ups is what -- more federal government?

• He, of course, had to pander to the Left and note that "poverty has its roots in racial discrimination." What a load of malarkey. Poverty has its roots in the current welfare state -- which is exactly what Bush is proposing.

How much is this thing going to cost? Who knows! Could be $200 billion or more.

Who's going to pay for it? You are. I am.

Forget about making the tax cuts permanent. You know, the tax cuts that turned the economy around, pulling us out of a recession.

Want AMT relief? Too bad.

Want to get rid of the Death Tax? Not likely.

Sounds a lot like Marx to me: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: bush; citizenship; economics; education; government; homemaking; industrialarts; katrina; left; marshallplan; namericancommunity; socialism; spending
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1 posted on 09/16/2005 7:36:33 AM PDT by hinterlander
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To: hinterlander

Does anyone understand the term "Pragmatism"?


2 posted on 09/16/2005 7:39:59 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: hinterlander

Can't wait to see the replies to this one ;)


3 posted on 09/16/2005 7:40:00 AM PDT by stopem
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To: hinterlander
If this is handled correctly, a lot of people are finally going to get the good education in citizenship, industrial arts, economics and homemaking that they deserved when they were teenagers.
4 posted on 09/16/2005 7:41:11 AM PDT by syriacus (To stay in power, Democrats need a MSM willing to lie about people + events + the constitution)
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To: hinterlander

The care-taking role of the federal gov't. in massive disaster relief is not socialism. What's a gov't going to do, sit by and watch people die, lest it be called socialistic?


5 posted on 09/16/2005 7:45:08 AM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: hinterlander
We're watching the failures of europe and doing our very best to emulate them.
6 posted on 09/16/2005 7:45:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: hinterlander

You WILL learn to love Big Brother.


7 posted on 09/16/2005 7:47:34 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (North American Community. What's yours is theirs.)
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To: cripplecreek

We're just taking the advice of a very wise thinker and great leader of humanity. After all, it takes a village...

</sarcasm>


8 posted on 09/16/2005 7:49:57 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: Rennes Templar

The government sat by while my grandfather died of cancer. I didn't blame the government, or expect the government to somehow make him live forever.


9 posted on 09/16/2005 7:52:06 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: oblomov

So we just let the gulf region die?


10 posted on 09/16/2005 7:55:59 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: nuffsenuff

What do you mean, "we"? Did it get built in the first place by the government? Let insurance companies pay the claims, and let private enterprise rebuild.


11 posted on 09/16/2005 8:03:31 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: oblomov

Wouldn't that be the "Gulf Opportunity Zone" part of the plan?


12 posted on 09/16/2005 8:05:46 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: hinterlander

Whoever wrote this appears to be totally ignorant of the political power at stake right now.

The situation in New Orleans, even though I blame Blanco & Nagin and terrible planning for the horrible aftermath, was ultimately caused by a natural catastrophe.

I do believe that relief at that time is a requirement of the Federal Government which is mandated to ensure "the general welfare."

And, I also believe that if this President and this Congress do nothing, that the conservatives will lose miserably in the next election....maybe even at levels that would change the balance of power.


13 posted on 09/16/2005 8:10:23 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: oblomov
After all, it takes a village...

...to raise an idiot! After all, this is a BENIGN socialist tumor! ;-)(sarcasm???)

14 posted on 09/16/2005 8:13:25 AM PDT by albertp (Malice in Blunderland, The Wizard of Odd, Gullible's Troubles! Steal the wealth, spread the poverty.)
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To: xzins

See my post #2.


15 posted on 09/16/2005 8:14:15 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: nuffsenuff

Excellent.

Better to lose every gain by clinging to nit-picking, economic doctrines, than make humanitarian concessions in time of natural catastrophe. /sarcasm


16 posted on 09/16/2005 8:45:24 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins

Some people amaze me.


17 posted on 09/16/2005 8:51:49 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: nuffsenuff

Why not just declare the entire US an "Opportunity Zone" then?


18 posted on 09/16/2005 8:56:24 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: oblomov

Ummm... Because the entire US wasn't just leveled by a hurricane?


19 posted on 09/16/2005 8:58:03 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: nuffsenuff

America's debt is approaching unsustainable levels. We need to cut back spending in other areas if we're going to fund this effort $200,000,000,000.


20 posted on 09/16/2005 9:02:23 AM PDT by tomahawk (Proud to be an enemy of Islam (check out www.prophetofdoom.net))
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