The Not-So-Special Relationship: Why Obama Snubbed Gordon Brown
P.S.–I forgot to mention Obama’s attempts to decisively influence future elections by taking direct control of the Census, whose results are used to apportion congressional districts, and are used as benchmarks for all sorts of other federal programs as well.
Now why would any President–especially as one of the first acts of his new administration in the midst of a “disaster”–want to take control of the Census? Well, if Obama was thinking way ahead, planning so that he and the Democrats could stay in power indefinitely, and trying to set things up so that he could craft a party like Mexico’s “Permanent Revolutionary Party,” which stayed in power for 70 years, the ability to gerrymander congressional districts to his advantage could be decisive.
Another piece of the puzzle on our “Road to Serfdom” is the fact that the tax changes contained in the Obama tax legislation would increase the percentage of those who pay no taxes from the current 38% to 50%. Can you imagine anyone who is getting a free ride not voting for their benefactor, so that ride can continue? Obama also talks a lot about “service” and being a “volunteer.” In fact, Obama, in a speech a few months ago devoted to “Service,” inserted a startling and bizarre proposal into his prepared remarks in which Obama called for the creation of a “Civilian National Security Force,” one as large and as well funded as our present military.
Can you imagine, say, many thousands of grateful non-taxpayers enrolling in such a “Civilian National Security Force,” to do their bit “volunteering” and making sure that no disruption of their benefactor Obama’s plans and their tax free life occurs?
Can you say mobs, police state, tyranny and dictatorship?
