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Posted on 04/27/2010 8:48:27 AM PDT by Comrade Brother Abu Bubba
Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this characterization. This is not to say Mr. Obama believes in free-markets by any means. On the contrary, he has done and said much that demonstrates his fundamental misunderstanding and hostility towards the truly free market. But a closer, honest examination of his policies and actions in office reveals that, much like the previous administration, he is very much a corporatist. This in many ways can be more insidious and worse than being an outright socialist.
Socialism is a system where the government directly owns and manages businesses. Corporatism is a system where businesses are nominally in private hands, but are in fact controlled by the government. In a corporatist state, government officials often act in collusion with their favored business interests to design polices that give those interests a monopoly position, to the detriment of both competitors and consumers.
A careful examination of the policies pursued by the Obama administration and his allies in Congress shows that their agenda is corporatist.
Obama's “cap-and-trade” legislation provides subsidies and specials privileges to large businesses that engage in “carbon trading.” This is why large corporations, such as General Electric support cap-and-trade.
Using precise terms can prevent future statists from successfully blaming the inevitable failure of their programs on the remnants of the free market that are still allowed to exist. We must not allow the disastrous results of corporatism to be ascribed incorrectly to free market capitalism or used as a justification for more government expansion. Most importantly, we must learn what freedom really is and educate others on how infringements on our economic liberties caused our economic woes in the first place. Government is the problem; it cannot be the solution.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailycrux.com ...
"A careful examination of the policies pursued by the Obama administration and his allies in Congress shows that their agenda is corporatist. For example, the health care bill that recently passed does not establish a Canadian-style government-run single-payer health care system. Instead, it relies on mandates forcing every American to purchase private health insurance or pay a fine. It also includes subsidies for low-income Americans and government-run health care “exchanges.” Contrary to the claims of the proponents of the health care bill, large insurance and pharmaceutical companies were enthusiastic supporters of many provisions of this legislation because they knew in the end their bottom lines would be enriched by Obamacare."
Wow. You posted it three times! That might be a FR record!
Déjà vu
And, Dr. Paul, what is it called, when no one officially examines whether a candidate is constitutionally qualified to be U.S. President — not even you?
He’s fairly correct here, however it’s interesting he chooses “Coporatist” instead of Fascist, which is really the correct term.
Is “Corporatist” even a word?
Can it be that even Ron Paul is afraid to look “too far out there” by using the “F” word?
Can we at least call him a Marxist? He is a disciple of Saul Alinsky, the Karl Marx of American politics.
Triple post with a reverse twist!
The judges give it a 9.3!
wasn’t this out last week???
Corporatist is a nice way of saying “fascist.”
Wrong again Paul.
He’s right on this one. Fascist might be more descriptive but it might appear more like name calling and be ignored more easily. But the definition given in the article for “corporatism” matches fascism to a ‘T’.
Maybe corporatism is to fascism as socialism is to communism...
Déjà vu of Déjà vu I say! ;-)
How can anybody trust libertarians when their favorite
“son” loads up legislation that he knows will pass and
gives the pork while giggling “I voted against it.”?
Regardless, corporatism, fascism, socialism or communism...ultimately the end game is all the same and we all know how this story ends.
exactly what my first thought
Soooo, does that mean we have to start saying "Copratist China?"
exactly what my first thought
exactly what my first thought
Haiku Guy: Don’t call Ron Paul an Idiot...
Add monarchism and oligarchy to that list and you’re done.
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