The problem with calling Obama a socialist.

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Because of the sell-off of rescued assets, President Obama is the exact opposite of a socialist. This may not have been the President's first objective, but he might as well take credit for it.

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The Right wants the right to offer contracts that people would sign only in desperation (after creating that desperation) and then have Big Government enforce them without judging the validity of such contracts. "You entered that peonage contract fair-and-square when you were hungry, so obey it!"

Government must provide some modicum of freedom, economic security, and legal stability and fairness if it is to have credibility lest it die in revolution or conquest.