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This is my comment on a blog posted by thecommunityorganizer:
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
How long will the ‘Private Sector’ survive?
The tyrannical Obama Administration and its lapdog Congress continue to attack the principles
of free enterprise.
Ron Allen answers:
Tyrannical? Is Obama any more tyrannical than every previous American president?
Lapdog Congress? Was George Bush's Republican Congress not completely under the
influence of their executive leader?
What free-enterprise principles is Obama condemning or vilifying?
Is Obama against capital? Against profits? Against enterprise? Against labor? Against
people? Against prosperity? Against liberty? Against pre-emptive war? Against poverty?
Against science? Against education? Against national security?
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
I am simply appalled that so many people are blindly supporting this march into Socialism.
Ron Allen answers:
All this possibility of socialism is giving me optimistic feelings, but I know these positive and
giddy feelings are unjustified. Socialism will not be shepherded in from above, but must be
started from below. The politicians are too corrupted to usher in a true democracy or a true
socialism. Only when the people are ready to unite and fight for socialism will the people be
ready to organize and create socialism.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
More regulations mean less freedom.
Ron Allen answers:
Regulations, like rules, do mean less freedom. but sometimes the best freedom is less
freedom. Without rules and regulations, that limit freedom, freedom can turn into tyranny,
lawlessness, chaos, conflict, and slavery.
I prefer more regulations, if -- for example -- this makes the food we purchase safer. The food
industry may want to be free from regulations, but if we allowed the food industry such freedom
then this would certainly risk the health and life of people.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
The proposals by our left wing overlords to limit executive pay are in direct contrast to the
principles of our capitalist society.
Ron Allen answers:
Capitalist society? Most radical right-wing conservatives agree with Margaret Thatcher, who
declared: "There is no such thing as society."
In my opinion, as long as capitalism exists, natural human society itself is endangered and
threatened. I believe that nominal society exists in spite of capitalism, but that capitalism has
impoverished, undermined, and weakened even our minimal society. I believe that capitalism
creates a pathological society, a diseased society, which makes the state both powerful and
necessary.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
America has always been a place, where regardless of who you are, your success was based
on how hard you were willing to work and the sacrifices you were willing to make.
Ron Allen answers:
This is one of our American myths. Capitalism is conserved because of this conservative myth
of how people succeed. People subscribe to this myth, and they submit themselves to the
winners, because they are told to believe that the winners have earned their success.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
Now, our big brother government wants to decide how much your company can pay you.
Ron Allen answers:
As is it far better for wage-workers that their employers decide how much they will be paid?
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
Yes, the salaries of some CEO’s may seem obscene, but that’s for the board of directors and
the stockholders to decide, not the government.
Ron Allen answers:
CEOs have membership in the boards of directors. It's CEOs deciding CEO salaries and
benefits. Stockholders and shareholders have been complaining for years about the
enormous and unjustified CEO salaries and perquisites.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
I personally think our elected officials are over paid, but I don’t see them giving it back! The
government wants to pick and choose the winners and losers based on their own bias. Big
Brother decided, in direct violation of the law, that the United Auto Workers Union will get a
majority stake in GM ahead of those greedy bondholders. The Bank of America CEO of is
overpaid, but George Clooney can make millions a year for cranking out bad movies? Maybe
the government should limit the pay of actors, musicians and sports stars! Should the NFL be
required to pay the Kicker the same as the Quarterback? Should Rosie O’Donnell earn the
same as Jay Leno? America, long believed to be the land of opportunity, is fast becoming the
land of entitlement. If you show up to work early, work extra hours, never call in sick, always go
the extra mile, etc., should you be paid the same as the slacker next to you?
Ron Allen answers:
Employers, not government, decide wages.
thecommunityorganizer wrote:
Is this what you consider fair? My level of success has always been dependent on my actions;
isn’t that what America is all about? This interference in the private sector is just another step in
Obama’s promise to redistribute the wealth of our nation. This socialist philosophy rewards
mediocrity and failure while punishing hard work and success. Is this the America YOU want to
live in?
Just one man’s opinion.
Ron Allen answers:
As a moral and social philosophy, socialism desires and demands a society in which every
person is free to produce according to his or her abilities, and to procure according to his or her
needs. Socialism is therefore not about rewarding mediocrity, or laziness. Socialism is not
about punishing hard work and prosperity.
Instead of reading capitalist propaganda about socialism, try reading what socialists write
about the socialism they advocate.
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Posted by rallen2 on 2009-06-20 13:10:13 | Rating: | Views: 31
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