Tuesday, 5/13/97 Socialism blocks path of progress POLITICS:
Ideology supports high taxes, racial quota system
By Dan Sharron U. of Washington Courtesy of University Wire The
opinions expressed in a recent David Horowitz lecture against
socialism reflect a general trend against liberal and socialist
values, which have shaped American governmental policies since the
’60s. While many Americans have strived to break free of the
shackles of taxation, an intrusive government, a failed justice
system and outdated policies which negatively affect them,
socialists and communists, with their anachronistic mentality, have
continually stood in the way. Although socialists may give lip
service about the need for racial equality, it is they themselves
who in fact stand in the way of progress with regard to such
issues. The socialist movement stands behind divisive policies such
as affirmative action and racial quota systems, which restrict
certain job openings and educational opportunities to members of
minority racial groups. What could be more racist? Furthermore, the
socialist movement supports one of the greatest impediments to
economic progress: the continued power of the labor unions. While
it is true that the labor unions effectively ended injustices
toward workers in the past, today they exist as more of a burden
than a benefit. By forcing the cost of labor to rise over the last
few decades, unions have caused increases in the cost of
manufactured products. Thanks to unions, it is virtually impossible
for Americans to purchase homes or cars without putting themselves
into years of debt. Among the ranks of the socialists stand some of
the greatest proponents of increased taxation. According to
socialist ideology, money is unimportant because everyone just
works together and shares everything. Not surprisingly, socialists
justify high taxes because they feel that all Americans must
somehow be responsible for the well-being of those who choose not
to work, whom socialists defend as victims of capitalism. Americans
aren’t oppressed by capitalism; they are oppressed financially by
the IRS and the current tax code. Every dollar paid to the
government in taxes means one less dollar Americans could use for
their own needs and financial advancement. It’s a disgrace that in
a nation such as this, few start-up business can manage to break
free of the tax choke-hold before they can even take off.
Socialists talk of their opposition to welfare reform that would
bar welfare payments to those who have received money from the
government for years. From their twisted point of view, the
Americans who work must always burden themselves with the needs of
those who don’t. They continually fail to realize that the solution
to the welfare state is to extend welfare only to those individuals
unemployed for less than six months and the physically disabled.
All others should be cut off from the free ride and face mandatory
enlistment in the armed forces, where they must contribute to the
nation in exchange for their housing, clothing and food. It’s sad.
All those billions of dollars in wasted welfare funding could be
spent on education, infrastructure and such projects as the
American space program. Let there be no mistake: Socialists and
their supporters comprise the greatest threat to justice in this
country. On racial grounds, they oppose capital punishment for
murderers and rapists because, as they claim, a disproportionate
number of these criminals happen to be African American. This claim
is about as ludicrous as they come because if someone has murdered
or raped another, they should be put to death regardless of their
ancestry. Equality for all means equal justice for all; there can
be no double standards. This concept, however, evades the socialist
mind. No normal person should accept a society where criminals run
free. Only a deranged mind could think otherwise. Some say that
socialists today comprise only a small fringe element of American
society. Actually, the opposite is true. While those willing to be
identified as socialists number relatively few with respect to the
general populace, their influence is far greater than generally
known. The liberal media, controlled by political liberals and
centered in cities such as New York and Hollywood, has given press
service to the doctrines and ideology which socialists embrace.
Take, for instance, the continued media emphasis on homosexual
issues. If this might seem strange, one must only turn on the
television during prime-time hours to find an example. The liberal
media wishes to instill perversion as an ideological code in the
hearts and minds of all Americans. Taxation. Welfare dependency.
Institutionalized racism. A legal system which fails to give
American taxpayers the protection they deserve. These are the ills
that plague this country, and they are the values socialism
embraces and represents. Socialists may have their excuses, but
they have associated their movement with just about every
degenerate aspect of society. Thus, it comes as no surprise that
socialism and communism represent just about everything wrong with
society today. This means that socialist movements and their
supporters must be pushed aside and eliminated if any progress is
ever to be made in the future.