PROGRESSIVISM

Happy MKL Day! Tomorrow there will be a special election in Massachusetts. Some view it as a referendum on the Obama Administration and the Democrat Party’s unpopular legislative agenda. Some view it thru the prism of healthcare reform and the reason this is so unpopular in this bluest of blue states is they are already in and paying a heavy price for a universal health program; it is called Romney Care. I view this as a potential new start of a revolution against a government of Marxist Elites, another Boston Tea Party. In that context, it is ironic that this election comes one day after we celebrate the life of a person many would call a Communist sympathizer…

The Progressives have been influencing the policies of our country since the mid to late 1800’s. What is new is that they have gotten so close to their final goal of changing America into their version of Utopia. At this time I thought it might be beneficial to outline the 10 planks of the Communist manifesto to remind us all that in many respects, America has already adopted several of the steps that Marx thought were needed to transform a country into a Communist State. The comments below each plank are from the website: www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/TenPlanks.html

1. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose.
The courts have interpreted the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1868) to give the government far more "eminent domain" power than was originally intended, Under the rubric of "eminent domain" and various zoning regulations, land use regulations by the Bureau of Land Management property taxes, and "environmental" excuses, private property rights have become very diluted and private property of lands, vehicles, and other forms are seized almost every day in this country under the "forfeiture" provisions of the RICO statutes and the so-called War on Drugs.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 1913 (which some scholars maintain was never properly ratified), and various State income taxes, established this major Marxist coup in the United States many decades ago. These taxes continue to drain the lifeblood out of the American economy and greatly reduce the accumulation of desperately needed capital for future growth, business starts, job creation, and salary increases.

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Another Marxian attack on private property rights is in the form of Federal & State estate taxes and other inheritance taxes, which have abolished or at least greatly diluted the right of private property owners to determine the disposition and distribution of their estates upon their death.

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
We call it government seizures, tax liens, "forfeiture" Public "law" 99-570 (1986); Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process.

5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
The Federal Reserve System, created by the Federal Reserve Act of Congress in 1913, is indeed such a "national bank" and it politically manipulates interest rates and holds a monopoly on legal counterfeiting in the United States. This is exactly what Marx had in mind and completely fulfills this plank, another major socialist objective. Yet, most Americans naively believe the U.S. of A. is far from a Marxist or socialist nation.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transportation in the hands of the State.
In the U.S., communication and transportation are controlled and regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established by the Communications Act of 1934 and the Department of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission (established by Congress in 1887), and the Federal Aviation Administration as well as Executive orders 11490, 10999 -- not to mention various state bureaucracies and regulations. There is also the federal postal monopoly, AMTRAK and CONRAIL -- outright socialist (government-owned) enterprises. Instead of free-market private enterprise in these important industries, these fields in America are semi-cartelized through the government's regulatory-industrial complex.

7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State, the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
While the U.S. does not have vast "collective farms" (which failed so miserably in the Soviet Union), we nevertheless do have a significant degree of government involvement in agriculture in the form of price support subsidies and acreage allotments and land-use controls. Federal Acts and Departments such as The Desert Entry Act and the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce and Labor, Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines, National Park Service, and the IRS control business through corporate regulations. Also, recent seizures by the government of two auto makers and several banks are an extention of this Marxist plank.

8. Equal liability of all to labor. The Establishment of Industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
We call it the Social Security Administration and the Department of Labor. The National debt and inflation caused by the communal bank has caused the need for a two "income" family. Woman in the workplace since the 1920's, the 19th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, assorted Socialist Unions, affirmative action, the Federal Public Works Program and of course Executive order 11000 regarding National Preparedness in an emergency.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
We call it the Planning Reorganization Act of 1949 , zoning (Title 17 1910-1990) and Super Corporate Farms, as well as Executive orders 11647, 11731 (ten regions) and Public "law" 89-136.

10. Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. The Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.
People are being taxed to support what we call 'public' schools, which train the young to work for the communal debt system. We also call it the Department of Education, the NEA and Outcome Based "Education”.

Tomorrow’s special election will be a nail biter. Either way it ends up, I think it is will be a message to Washington DC, as well as a forecast for November 2, 2010. It will take years for us to repair the damage that has been done to this country, as it took years to get us to the sad state we are in today. But first America has to wake up and vote these parasites out of office starting this year… Here is a piece from columnist Bruce Walker about how to advance conservatism and turn the BLUE tide.
www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/fabian_conservatism.html