Friday, March 11, 2011

Where Obama wants to take us via Daniel Hannan

Daniel Hannan, an elected British member of the European Parliament for 11 years, tells us here exactly where Obama wants to take this country and better yet describes the end result, should he be successful.  There is nothing "new" here, nevertheless the arguments and explanations are well organized and succinctly presented by Hannan making this a good read.  I believe this analysis is accurate.  Obama is not necessarily an old line socialist who believes in the nationalization of  industry, etc.  He is more of an administrative state socialist who believes in a tightly regulated industrial economy that provides all necessities of life for all citizens in order to ensure something called "social justice".  Woodrow Wilson also believed in the powerful (and fair) administrative state in which an elite group of intellectuals and highly trained bureaucrats would run the machinery of state for the common good.  Let's call this form of governing "elitist management".  Clearly the losers in this environment are the entrepreneurs and producers who operate most effectively in a less regulated free market system.  Also, who's to say some "elite" knows better than the average individual what's best for him?

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