August 17, 2010

• Obama == FDR II?

  

  Isn’t it refreshing to know that there’s no real difference between FDR and Obama? Both usurped power and both wanted to “fundamentally change America.” We see how radical and destructive FDR’s policies are. FDR wanted to add six more Justices to the Supreme Court; Obama has added two radical political activists to the bench, one of which had no previous experience adjudicating in a court of law. FDR had a slew of social programs that inflated the Central Government and crushed the individual; Obama’s policies have gutted small businesses, thus making more and more Americans reliant on government instead of their own abilities to produce.

  Under FDR, the Supreme Court ruled that since a private citizen was growing his own wheat but refusing to bring the wheat to market, he was reducing the amount of wheat he would purchase on the open market and thus, the Federal Government had the power to regulate his personal wheat growing on private property. (See Wickard v. Filburn) Similarly, the Obama administration is challenging a law that 55% of Americans support. (Source) Under the Obama administration, one judge overturned a State law that 52.24% of the State of California voted to implement and enforce (Prop 8).

  Obama’s policies continue to pay off campaign contributers including UAW, SEIU, and BP. Yet, this same administration wants to limit the campaign donations of companies (DISCLOSE).

  And so, once again, political cartoons become timeless. Change the names of the players, but the goals are still the same. Thus, the above cartoon printed in April 1941 in the Chicago Tribune is as relevant today as it was 69 years ago.

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