Wash. Times' Wolf Compares Health Care Reform To Fascism
Written by Media Matters Staff
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In a September 9 Washington Times column, Milton Wolf compared President Obama's health care reform legislation to fascism under Benito Mussolini. Wolf further claimed Democrats believe “Americans are not capable of being free men and women.” From the Times:
Today's predictable liberals, when confronted with these realities, sound a familiar chorus. The free market, they say, may work for something as simple as a cellphone but it can't be trusted for more complex matters like health care.
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[T]he liberals find themselves in interesting company with that argument.
Benito Mussolini, the founding father of fascism, believed the same. In fact, it was a central tenet of his rule. Il Duce, “the Leader,” believed that the more complex an endeavor was, the more imperative it was that his government control it. It's doubtful but immaterial whether today's American liberals even realize that their affinity for government control is in league with a discredited central tenet of Mussolini's economic fascism. Either way, Democrats have staked out the position that Americans are not capable of being free men and women who can live their own lives when it matters most.
The Italian fascist dictator reportedly said and certainly believed, “Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” Sound familiar? Jump forward to contemporary America.
If you want to know what a government-created iPhone might look like, just take a look at a Government Motors Chevy Volt, the overpriced, short-range electric car nobody wants. Or take a look at Solyndra, the government-funded and now bankrupt solar-panel maker. Or Johnson Controls Inc. Or Evergreen Solar. Or SolFocus Inc. Or any other of President Obama's mergers of state and corporate power that are bankrupting our nation.
America rejected Mussolini's brand of corporatism in the 20th century, and we should reject Mr. Obama's less despotic brand in the 21st.
Previously:
Wash. Times' Wolf “Lie[s]” To Accuse Obama Of Lying On Health Care