Season 4 Podcast 42 “What is Equality Pt IV”
If you have not download What is Equality Pts I & II, may we invite you do so now. This podcast is the third in the series.
Socialism dominates the ideology of the left. To remake America, first they must tear down the old structure. They began by destroying the economy and increasing the size of the government. Now they want to add over 80,000 new IRS agents, which will increase the power of the government enormously for the ones in power are able to spend tax dollars without public consent, often without congressional consent. With tax dollars they bribe voters with free money in return for their support. They withhold federal funds from any institution who does to bow to their demands.
I shall begin this podcast by summarizing major concepts from President Obama’s primary speeches, particularly his two Inaugural Addresses and his State of the Union Addresses.
1. Redistribution of wealth, increasing the middle class through government handouts.
2. Obamacare, entitlements, increased welfare, taxing the rich, reducing standards, giving special privileges to those who support the agenda of the left, no longer requiring excellence, favoring one group over another, not holding people accountable, decrease in quality and production.
3. More government control, government control of the free market, more socialist programs, government determined salaries
4. Guaranteed income, and socialized medicine
5. Guaranteed middle class. Redistribution of wealth by taking from the rich and elevating the poor to guaranteed incomes equal to the middle class regardless of personal achievement or abilities or experience or education.
6. Lowering the standards to meet people’s abilities rather than to hold people to high standards. Taking away incentives to increase skills or advance education.
7. Enforcing equality by enforcing equal pay based on government entitlement rather than work or production. Requiring those who are self-reliant to sustain those who are not self-reliant.
8. Guaranteed income, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed salary, guaranteed security both in job security regardless of ability or production and in retirement. Government control of the free market system.
9. Free college tuition, Government controlled salaries, redistribution of wealth, guaranteed retirement.
Working hard is not always enough. Working smart is also required. It is not the role of a democratic republic to make up deficiencies in people. That is the language of socialism and communism. Where is self-reliance? We must learn from our own mistakes. Government dependency is not the answer.
The left has turned its back on self-reliance. Mr. Obama is not speaking just for himself. He is the voice of the left. Socialized medicine is a giant step toward complete socialism.
Let me illustrate how the left interprets equality from a statement by President Obama in his Second Inaugural address.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Today we continue a never-ending journey to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth."
He frequently quotes from historical documents, as if he agrees with the statement, and then immediately undermines that statement
