It seems all the vogue to call President Obama a “socialist” or a “communist” these days, despite his frequent protestations to the contrary.
Kim’s article yesterday, though, about an Obama administration proposal to nationalize the New England fishing industry, got me thinking.
Under this plan, private fishermen would be put out of work, replaced by a smaller number of government-employed fishermen.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
The SEC has just made a major rule change this week making it easier for unions to take control of corporations’ boards of directors.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
When GM and Chrysler were in critical financial straits, the Obama administration intervened. Instead of letting them take the traditional approach to such problems — bankruptcy — the Obama administration took them over, preserving the crippling union contracts, putting their own chosen people in charge, and shaping future offerings not on consumer demand, but their political agenda.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
Under ObamaCare, the government will be taking over one-sixth of the United States economy. It will demand that American citizens obtain health insurance or face legal sanctions, and will eventually set itself up as a “competitor” to private insurance companies. It will be dictating how much doctors can charge for their services, even if (as with current Medicare rates) they do so at a loss.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
When asked about his tax plans by “Joe The Plumber,” Obama stated that he believes that some people make too much money, and things are “better” and “fairer” if some benevolent power were to intervene, take some of that “too rich” person’s money, and redistribute it more “fairly.”
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
President Obama has established a “CEO pay czar” whose job is to look at the pay rates of the heads of corporations and decide if they’re being paid too much.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
President Obama has nationalized the student loan business, making all student loans now the exclusive providence of the federal government.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
As of the first quarter of this year (the most recent numbers I could find quickly), 96.5% of all new home loans were backed by the federal government.
But Barack Obama says he is not a socialist.
Mr. President, you say you’re not a socialist. And I want to believe you.
But it would really, really, really help if you’d stop acting like one.
