Socialists in the House

In Washington D.C. there is powerful and popular lobby called the Congressional Progressive Caucus which, at one time, openly espoused the principles of socialism and publicly signed onto the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America.

According to their statement of purpose,

"The Progressive Caucus is organized around the principles of social and economic justice, a non-discriminatory society and national priorities which represent the interests of all people, not just the wealthy and the powerful.

Our purpose is to present thoughtful, practical solutions to the economic and social problems facing America. Our people-based agenda extends from job creation to job training, to economic conversion, to single payer healthcare reform, to adequate funding for the AIDS crisis, to environmental reform, and to women's rights.

Now that the cold war is over, this nation's budget and overall priorities must reflect that reality. We support further cuts in outdated and unnecessary military spending, a more progressive tax system in which wealthy taxpayers and corporations contribute their fair share, and a substantial increase in social programs designed to meet the needs of low-and-middle-income American families. We believe that these goals fit within an overall commitment to deficit reduction."

In more recent years, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has gone underground in respect to their connection to the DSA. Their roster is no longer published on the DSA website and they no longer publicly acknowledge to their loyalty to the socialist organization. In the DSA document, "Electoral Politics As Tactic — Elections Statement 2000," it states:

"DSA recognizes that some insurgent politicians representing labor, environmentalists, gays and lesbians, and communities of color may choose to run under Democratic auspices... and the 59 Democratic members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, one-half of whom are Black and Latino and all of whom possess strong labor backing and operative social democratic politics."

Democratic-Socialist Reform

We are told that we can have Socialist reform and still be a Democratic nation. Deceptive and misguided politicians in both the Republican and Democratic parties, and the International Bankers, tell us that Democratic-Socialism is in the middle of the road between Communism and Fascism, and that we need a Democratic-Socialist state in the 21st. Century with its global economies.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Socialist reform is a means to consolidate and control wealth. Why do you suppose that bankers and the super-rich promote it? Because the idea that socialism is a share-the-wealth program is strictly a confidence game to get the people to surrender their freedom to an all-powerful collective. As a result, through the legislative process, like sheep going to slaughter, Americans are willingly and slowly sacrificing their liberty in exchange for the false promises of an increasingly Socialist State.

We have witnessed over the past 100 years an increasingly dramatic swing from capitalism to socialism in many areas of our economy.

In 1913, the Federal Reserve was created in a coup d’état that resulted in rewriting the Constitution of the United States and left the American people with a progressively declining dollar. Today, thanks to the actions of this central bank, the American dollar is worth about 4 cents.
In 1968, Congress removes the silver backing of the dollar, and in 1971, President Nixon repudiates redemption of Federal Reserve Notes in gold, thus turning the FRNs into a fiat currency internationally for the first time.
Consider for example the massive transfer of wealth from tobacco growers and cigarette manufacturers into state and federal coffers.

In the pockets of the drug manufacturing cartel, representatives from both sides of the isle forced through a stealth vote, passing a Prescription Drug bill called, "Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act" that essentially guaranteed huge profits for the pharmaceutical industry at the expense of the American people. A key point of this bill prohibits the Federal government from negotiating discounts with drug companies. This Medicare drug plan fiasco enriches pharmaceutical companies, fleeces taxpayers, and forces millions of older Americans to accept inferior drug coverage. Many representatives who voted in favor of this drug scam were later offered million dollar jobs from the pharmaceutical industry.

Simply put, socialism is defined as "a theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor." [Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)] It is an economic system based on state ownership of capital. It is the antithesis of what America is ... it is contrary to our capitalistic society.

What socialism amounts to is government ownership and/or control over the basic means of production and distribution of services and goods. This means the government controls everything, including you.

Following the attack on 9/11, Socialists in our government gleefully began invading the privacy and exerting massive control on the movement and freedom of ALL Americans. Sadly, many American believed the lies.

In Socialism everything is regulated by the government and everything you do is monitored by the government. While we may not have yet reached the point where the state tells you what color you can paint your house, how many children you may have, etc., instead the government tells you where you can build your homes, your businesses, and even how much food storage you are entitled too. In recent years, we've also witnessed the dismantling of the 5th Amendment as the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the govenment may seize a home, small business, or other private property of one citizen and transfer it to another private citizen - if the transfer would boost the community's economic development or increase its tax base.

Americas slide toward Socialism can be seen as early as 1929 following the Stock Market Crash, when America suddenly needed a "New Deal" in the form of social welfare. The rate of the transformation has been increased in recent years by the United Nations, whose entire purpose is to implement a Socialist New World Order.

America's gravitation toward socialism has been long-term and precedes even the arrival of Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House. Economist Milton Friedman recently observed that "in 1950, total government spending, federal, state, and local, amounted to less than 30 percent of national income; in 1992, to nearly 45. In addition, government-mandated expenditures by individuals and businesses have multiplied manifold ... The U.S. is today more than half socialist, compared to perhaps a third in 1950." [Rush Limbaugh, See, I Told You So, pg. 267.]

There are the social and political voices talking about the unfair distribution of wealth and resources - that a global system of sharing and redistribution could remedy the social problems of cross-national envy, and that if this were addressed, a major component of international strife and war would be removed forever.

We have crossed Bill Clinton's "Bridge into the 21st Century" built on the crumbled moorings of the past. It is the same bridge built by the "New Deal" of FDR and the "Great Society" of LBJ. These bridges led us in the past to the abyss of unprecedented big government. Our American toll was a loss of freedom and dignity, and our destination decades of encroaching bureaucracy and generations addicted to the hand of government.

Hillary Clinton In the simplest of terms, the sum of Bill Clinton's administration amounted to a federal government takeover of the management of American business, health care, education and the American family. Clinton's actions while President of the United States demonstrate that he envisions much more than mere renewal or reform; he wants to create an entirely new society controlled by a massive Socialist government. One has to only scan through a few of Clinton's policies in economic, spending, and tax strategy to see that sovereignty and personal freedoms are the items actually targeted for reduction.

And, now, we're faced with the same threat from a familiar face. Hillary Clinton has been described by many as the front-runner for most likely Democaratic nominee for President in 2008. Make no mistake about it - Hillary Clinton is every bit a Socialist that her husband is. I thought it ironic that during the Democratic YouTube debate, when asked if Hillary was a liberal, she preferred to refer to herself as a "progressive".

Traditionally, Democrats have stood for big government, far-reaching federally controlled and federally funded programs and taxation at levels to match, and Hillary promises the same. Originally created to defend and protect, our government is now being asked to provide. In short, many Americans today think the government must be the answer to all societal problems. And as the problems grow, so must the government.