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Socialist or Fascist

suz Wrote: Jun 12, 2012 8:38 PM
gm = gov't motors -- we [taxpayers] still have not yet received our "investment" return, so what is that called? POTUS: projector of the U. S. of A. -- accusing the right of exactly what the left is guilty of and his base believes it because it fell from his mouth. he is a marxist. he's whatever is required; "whatever works" -- his words. he's christian when he needs to be but we all know he is not christian by hearing rev. wright, a man who is very close to him, say his roots are islam. so when he says he's a christian, we must make the leap that he is lying to us. mr. sowell ends this piece w/what can be termed only as corrupt, self-loving, greedy government willing to do WHATEVER it needs to do to keep power and that equals EVIL.
It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he wants government ownership of the means of production, which has long been a standard definition of socialism.

What President Obama has been pushing for, and moving toward, is more insidious: government control of the economy, while leaving ownership in private hands. That way, politicians get to call the shots but, when their bright ideas lead to disaster, they...
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