Marxist America
John Callan
Issue date: 9/15/09 Section: Opinion
Though most refuse to accept a communist label for our country, facts are facts. The old Marxist maxim of from each according to his ability, to each according to his need is alive and well, subverting American prosperity and steadily destroying the spirit of individualism and self-reliance that the United States was built upon. It's most recent form, however, the corporate bailout, has been met with protest from democrats and republicans alike.
From Wall Street to Michigan, failing companies everywhere, accompanied by their politician and bureaucrat buddies, have all argued that the American people need them to remain in business. They are too big to fail, they explain, and who will provide loans and jobs, if we go out of business? Yet, there is a contradiction in their logic. The companies demanding tax dollars have already proven themselves unable to provide the very services that they claim the American people need. If bankruptcy is not a sufficient demonstration of their incompetence, then what is? Further, what leads people to believe that in the absence of these companies' failures no competitors would arise in their place?
But more important than the lack of foresight made apparent in endorsing policies such as corporate bailouts, is the question few recipients and supporters of welfare programs wish to ask. Where does the funding for these programs come from? Do they appear out of the nothingness that is government will? Of course not. They come from the only place dollars can ever come; the productive aspects of the economy, i.e. companies able to do business, banks able to provide loans and businesses able to pay their employees. Thus, businesses unable to sustain themselves are supported by businesses that can. And so Marxism makes its way into the corporate sector stronger than ever; from each according to his ability to each according to his need.
The consequences of applying Marxist ideology to human affairs have already been observed by much of the world. From East Germany to West Germany, the Soviet Union to The United States, Communist China to Free Trade China, the results are undeniable; freedom and private property lead to prosperity and abundance, while control and central planning lead to destitution and scarcity. But apparently Americans wish to give it a go for themselves. Unfortunately, the American people have allowed this lesson to go by unnoticed and thus have accepted as legitimate government confiscation of property from those of ability to be provided to those in need. Luckily, however, all debts come due, and sooner or later the well of wealth will run dry and Americans will witness the ultimate consequence of punishing the good for being the good and rewarding the bad for being the bad…equality.
From Wall Street to Michigan, failing companies everywhere, accompanied by their politician and bureaucrat buddies, have all argued that the American people need them to remain in business. They are too big to fail, they explain, and who will provide loans and jobs, if we go out of business? Yet, there is a contradiction in their logic. The companies demanding tax dollars have already proven themselves unable to provide the very services that they claim the American people need. If bankruptcy is not a sufficient demonstration of their incompetence, then what is? Further, what leads people to believe that in the absence of these companies' failures no competitors would arise in their place?
But more important than the lack of foresight made apparent in endorsing policies such as corporate bailouts, is the question few recipients and supporters of welfare programs wish to ask. Where does the funding for these programs come from? Do they appear out of the nothingness that is government will? Of course not. They come from the only place dollars can ever come; the productive aspects of the economy, i.e. companies able to do business, banks able to provide loans and businesses able to pay their employees. Thus, businesses unable to sustain themselves are supported by businesses that can. And so Marxism makes its way into the corporate sector stronger than ever; from each according to his ability to each according to his need.
The consequences of applying Marxist ideology to human affairs have already been observed by much of the world. From East Germany to West Germany, the Soviet Union to The United States, Communist China to Free Trade China, the results are undeniable; freedom and private property lead to prosperity and abundance, while control and central planning lead to destitution and scarcity. But apparently Americans wish to give it a go for themselves. Unfortunately, the American people have allowed this lesson to go by unnoticed and thus have accepted as legitimate government confiscation of property from those of ability to be provided to those in need. Luckily, however, all debts come due, and sooner or later the well of wealth will run dry and Americans will witness the ultimate consequence of punishing the good for being the good and rewarding the bad for being the bad…equality.
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