The statistics below blew me away. -tp
Speaking last month at an event sponsored by the Colorado Committee for Heritage, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) explains why Americans must return to the principles of freedom and constitutionalism.
An excerpt:
I'm afraid that America is sliding towards socialism. Government is now the nation's largest property owner (controlling nearly 1/3 of the land mass), it effectively owns more than 1/3 of the profits of all businesses and more than 1/3 of the incomes of most working Americans. Government controls the majority of education and healthcare services in America. It owns the primary retirement income plan for most Americans (Social Security). The federal government, through a burdensome regulatory system and undecipherable tax code, effectively controls a significant portion of the nation's economic development and business activity. And now the government has gotten into the mortgage business!
America's style of socialism is more subtle and, on the surface, appears more benign than early twentieth century European socialism. America's federal government has not yet taken over or nationalized any industry, but it has increasingly expanded control through regulation, increased government ownership through confiscatory taxes, and in the case of healthcare, expanded control through fixed prices and mandatory service requirements.
Many on the Left now openly discuss socializing medicine and the energy industry, he warns. So what's the antidote? You'll need to read his full remarks for his answer. http://members.myheritage.org/site/R?i=v3Eu7ydN4fdZbeXMPDqMyg
Speaking last month at an event sponsored by the Colorado Committee for Heritage, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) explains why Americans must return to the principles of freedom and constitutionalism.
An excerpt:
I'm afraid that America is sliding towards socialism. Government is now the nation's largest property owner (controlling nearly 1/3 of the land mass), it effectively owns more than 1/3 of the profits of all businesses and more than 1/3 of the incomes of most working Americans. Government controls the majority of education and healthcare services in America. It owns the primary retirement income plan for most Americans (Social Security). The federal government, through a burdensome regulatory system and undecipherable tax code, effectively controls a significant portion of the nation's economic development and business activity. And now the government has gotten into the mortgage business!
America's style of socialism is more subtle and, on the surface, appears more benign than early twentieth century European socialism. America's federal government has not yet taken over or nationalized any industry, but it has increasingly expanded control through regulation, increased government ownership through confiscatory taxes, and in the case of healthcare, expanded control through fixed prices and mandatory service requirements.
Many on the Left now openly discuss socializing medicine and the energy industry, he warns. So what's the antidote? You'll need to read his full remarks for his answer. http://members.myheritage.org/site/R?i=v3Eu7ydN4fdZbeXMPDqMyg
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