Beck urges viewers not to become “a slave” to Washington Written by Media Matters Staff Published 03/18/10 5:51 PM EDT From the March 18 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck: Video file Previously: Beck says “progressives” were previously known as “tyrants,” “slave owners” After ranting about how “illegal immigration is modern-day slavery,” Beck compares himself to Ben Franklin Beck: “modern day slave state” being constructed out of ACORN, SEIU, student loans, census and service initiatives Beck: “The government's irresponsible spending is turning us into slaves” Beck says he can “make a case” Rathke brothers are “enslaving people through ACORN” Tax deduction change latest Obama proposal Beck claims “involves enslaving people” Beck: “You know what this president is doing right now? He is addicting this country to heroin-the heroin that is government slavery.” Beck says of stimulus package: “It is slavery” Beck again compares recovery bill to slavery
