You may have heard about this audio from WBEZ.fm, in which Obama talks about redistributive change. Who would have thought that we’d be debating the virtues or lack thereof of socialism? I thought that debate was settled in the 20th century. Are we supposed to forget about the 100 million dead, the oppression, all in the name of forcing equality? I reject the notion that you enrich one set of people by confiscating wealth from another. Force and oppression necessarily follow. You cannot equalize results without the strong hand of government. And don’t tell me this is socialism light or that it’s harmless. If we accept the premise that rich people are rich at the expense of lower and middle classes, then we open the door for the mob to take what is perceived to be theirs. This is the liberal trick, exploiting classism to give themselves power.
Obama does not reject the notion of wealth redistribution and says he is not, “…optimistic about bringing about major redistributive change through the courts.” This assaults my sensibilities. In no way does he reject the notion so one must assume that he has sympathies for court sanctioned equalization schemes that necessarily entail much higher taxes, which will further burden working families. These notions are not based on equality before the law but on perceived injustices. Placing arbitrary power into the hands of select individuals, based on perceptions of cosmic justice, will result in the loss of liberty.
