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Lt. Col. Michael Burkert (ret)
Spreading Around
the Wealth
October 30, 2008
With only
days before the most crucial election in American history, all
indicators lean toward a massive democrat victory on November 4th. Not
only will the United States most likely elect the first African-American
to our nation’s highest office; we will also elect a radical
socialist to the presidency. A man who despises our nation as it is
and will seek to reform and alter the very fabric of our Republic.
If the democrats
manage to obtain an overwhelming majority in both houses of congress,
and fill the White House with Obama and Biden, our nation will rapidly
begin a downward spiral from which we may never recover. So, just what
can happen if Obama wins and the democrats have a filibuster proof
majority?
Simply put,
Socialism doesn’t work. It’s been tried in numerous nations around the
globe and has failed in every country that was reckless enough to
implement the idiocy and fallacies of such a flawed system. There are
only two examples I can think of, where Socialism almost worked.
Both were in Germany. The German Democratic Republic, or the GDR as it
was once known embarked on socialism under the guise of a Communist form
of government imposed on it by victorious Soviet forces following World
War II.
While Socialism in
the Soviet Union failed to produce a worker’s paradise as espoused by
Marx, Lenin and Stalin, the industrious and loyal Germans almost made it
work. I said almost made it work. Even the Germans failed to make
an unworkable system work.
Earlier, the Germans
once again, voted in National Socialism for their nation. Adolf Hitler
and his Nazis won the 1932 elections in Germany, promising change and
security for the German nation. The Nazis rapidly enacted laws and
regulation designed to fully integrate the German people into a National
Socialist system. Whatever you might think about the Nazis and their
policies, the cold fact remains that Nazism was and remains a form of
SOCIALISM.
It was also well
thought of by American Liberals and Socialists. National Socialism
WORKED and for the first time, Liberals thought they had the real deal!
The Nazis used public work projects to put the German worker back to
work, initiated massive construction projects such as the Autobahn
system as well as numerous government construction goals in order to
stimulate the economy and bring prosperity back to Germany. They
inserted party hacks in German boardrooms and supervised every aspect of
business and industry. They set limits on salaries and benefits and
established official prices for everything from bread to brassieres.
Adolf Hitler was
thought of as a great leader, not only in Germany but also in many parts
of the world to include the United States. Despite a Liberal re-write of
history, following the German defeat in 1945, the fact remains that many
Americans thought that the National Socialists had the right idea
regarding intrusive big government.
National Socialism
had a number of flaws however and it along with other forms of Socialism
failed to work past the initial successes and early triumphs. The gains
of the early 1930’s could only be sustained through a massive military
build-up, the expenditure of billions of Reichsmarks. Incidentally, the
Reichsmark was a fiat currency, which was the creation of the National
Socialist regime. It was backed by nothing, much like our US Dollar,
also a fiat currency, today. Hitler took Germany off of the Gold
Standard. Roosevelt followed his lead and took the USA off of the Gold
Standard.
The most serious
flaw with National Socialism was the only way it could be sustained was
through war! Had the Germans not waged war the system would have
collapsed as it too, along with other Socialist systems would have
proved impossible to continue for the long run. Without war, the Nazi
dictatorship in Germany might have continued for a few more years, yet
it would have been forced to evolve into a more Capitalistic government,
much as the communist government in China, Vietnam and other such
countries. Communist Cuba has failed to move toward the reinstatement of
Capitalism and continues to be the second poorest country in the Western
Hemisphere. Only Haiti exceeds the oppressed Cubans in poverty and
despair.
The American people
should know better than to elect Obama and a Liberal-Socialist congress,
but we haven’t apparently learned anything from history or the reality
of our world. Our education system, thoroughly Liberal-Socialist and
rotten to the core has produced a nation of near illiterates who blindly
follow the Liberal agenda at every turn. Liberal teachers have so
corrupted the minds of a generation of Americans and instilled in them
the stench of class warfare to the point where we will soon, blindly
turn down the road of Socialism.
Not that George W.
Bush has done our nation many favors. Bush put his “legacy” above the
good of the nation in signing legislation, which essentially
nationalized our banking system. He might have good intentions that this
is only a temporary step, but with Obama and a Liberal-Socialism
congress, the banking system will be a nationalized system once and for
good.
Congress has now
enacted legislation, which is in contravention of the US Constitution.
They will continue to do so at every turn, with Obama in the Oval Office,
ready and willing to sign and enact more and more Socialist laws,
regulations and policies.
Already, Senator
Edward “Teddy” Kennedy (D-MA) is crafting his National Healthcare Act,
which will nationalize our health and medical system. It’s coming at us
like a runaway freight train with no headlight. Obama will gladly sign
the bill into law once he has a filibuster proof majority in both houses
of congress.
The House Democrats
are now, as I write, contemplating the takeover of all private pension
funds, IRAs Keoghs and 401(k) funds. The Social Security Administration
would then be the sole proprietor of all retirement systems in the
United States!
Congressman Barney
Frank (D-MA) has already, publicly proposing a whopping 25% reduction in
defense spending. With Obama in the White House, it will likely become
reality. Actually, I foresee even deeper cuts in defense than Frank’s
proposal. After all, Liberal-Socialists despise the military.
What about taxes?
Obama promises tax cuts for “95% of all Americans.” This is an
unmitigated crock of horse dung! Under Obama, your taxes will increase
to the point that they are “higher than the Supreme Court,” and that is
about as high as you can get!
A President Obama
will pack the Supreme Court with the most Liberal-Socialist justices he
can find. No doubt the more Liberal justices such as Ruth
Bader-Ginsburg, Paul Stevens will retire so that much younger
Liberal-Socialists can be added to the Court. David Souter only 68 years
old, a “flaming lib” has stated his desire to return to his home and
retire. On the conservative side, both Antonin Scalia and Clarence
Thomas aren’t exactly kids. They may have to be replaced as well. With a
filibuster proof Senate, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) will ramrod through
any and all nominations to the nations’ highest court. There will be no
public spectacle as has been the case where conservatives were nominated
and publicly interrogated by such luminaries as Joe Biden (D-CT) and
other Liberal activist Senators. The congress may well allow President
Obama to add justices to the court in order to insure a
Liberal-Socialist majority for many years to come.
A radical Socialist
America is in the making. Our partisan media in cahoots with the dark
forces of Liberal-Socialism is in the process of dismantling our
American system and initiating a SOCIALIST WELFARE STATE. The
ramifications of electing Obama and majority democrat congress will
spell the end of our nation, as we know it. And, our enemies are already
savoring the final decline of America. They relish the thought of an
Obama presidency as they know that the time has come for our demise.
Without the United States to put the check on rogue nations such as
Iran, Syria, North Korea and now to a lesser extent, Russia, not only is
the United States in for a rough ride, but so is the entire world!
We are soon to be
plunged into the darkest period our nation has ever seen. Economic
disasters ALWAYS bring about changes in governments. The worldwide Great
Depression of the 1930’s ushered in both German and Japanese militarism.
War resulted and 56-millions died! We in the USA got Roosevelt’s “New
Deal” which was really a RAW DEAL. Our undoing as a nation really began
with Roosevelt. It will likely end with Obama. We have many enemies in
the world and they won’t be placated by Obama’s willingness to sit down
without preconditions and sing kumbaya!
Our old friend John
F. Kerry (did you know he served in Vietnam) has openly called for a NEW
New Deal. That’s right. Kerry, the wealthiest Senator in history wants
to spread your money around too. I doubt he will donate any of HIS
billions, but he’ll be more than happy to take yours!
Barack Obama
revealed his true intentions when he answered “Joe the Plumber’s”
question and revealed his intention to “spread the wealth.”
Unfortunately, Obama and his Democrat Party have embraced the Fidel
Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara approach to a national economy.
In 1959, shortly
after seizing power in Cuba, both Fidel and “Che” realized that they
would never be able to raise Cuba’s uneducated, poor, and disgruntled to
the level of prosperity enjoyed by most Cubans under the Batista
government.
Accordingly, the
decision was made to make things “fair” by destroying the upper and
middle classes and lowering everyone to poverty. Thus, Cuba today has
only two classes of citizens. The vast majority of Cubans are as poor
as dirt. They have no running water. Electricity is iffy and
available for only a few hours per day, if at all. Cubans haven’t seen
toilet paper for years, unless they are fortunate enough to obtain
employment in one of Castro’s luxury tourist hotels. Eggs? What are
eggs?
Then, there is the
communist elite; essentially a “royal family” of selected party hacks
and officials who oversee the destitute Cuban people. When the United
States is impoverished by our elected Liberal-Socialists, you can bet
there will be an “elite” such as the Obamas Kennedys, Kerrys,
Clintons, Reids, Pelosis etc. Socialists such as Bill Ayers, Jeremiah
Wright, Bernardine Dohrn et al. will be heroes in the new Socialist
States of America. They will be entitled to all the luxury items and
foodstuffs they desire. Afterall, they will be looking out for the
people!
Obama will no doubt
initiate a new slogan. Socialists always need and use slogans. His
slogan will be, “We do it for the PEOPLE.” After all, isn’t that
what Americans wanted all along? Isn’t that why we will elect a
filibuster proof DEMOCRAT Congress, so they will do it to
the people? Think America. Voting for Liberals, whether for president or
anything will result in a disaster of Biblical proportions. Think hard
on Election Day. Think very hard about your choice.
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