Thursday, May 7, 2009

Obama Seeks to Control the Economy

Former Governor Jim Gilmore explains the evil coming our way.

Obama's 'New Socialism'

We have learned a lot in the first one hundred days of the Obama administration. The most important lesson is that this administration's operating ideology isn't old-style liberalism or even old-style socialism. President Obama and his team are delivering a “New Socialism.”

Their “New Socialism” doesn't need to capture property. It is content to control the economy through taxation and regulation and the attitudes of our citizens by the establishment of a culture through the power institutions of our society: the media, the education establishment, and powerful business interests. Moreover, the “New Socialism” seeks to create a conventional wisdom that discredits all alternative thought.

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Also, be sure to read Looking to the Future of Southside, Southwest Virginia an op-ed I wrote for the Lynchburg News Advance.

James S. Gilmore