Is the Communist Manifesto alive and well in the USA? Let's look at the 12 planks:

1. Abolition of private property.
* eminant domain..the government can take your property

2. Heavy Progressive Income Tax
* IRS ..the more you make the more you pay

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance
* No will? the government gets your stuff, not your family

4. Confiscation of property of all emigrants and rebels
* You can leave the country but you can't take your money and can't keep your property

5. Central Bank
* can anyone say FEDERAL RESERVE???

6. Government control of communication and transportation
* Federal Communications Commission controls all radio and television signals in USA
* Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board..you can not travel , ship , or broadcast anywhere in the USA without getting government approval.

7. Government ownership of factories and agriculture
* US Department of Agriculture controls and regulates nearly every aspect of the food chain from farm to table
* doesn't actually own factories..but it also has no business bailing out Chrysler and savings and loan associations ...you know, also corporate welfare

8. Government control of labor
* MANY government agencies control labor
*Unions are influenced/controlled by Occupational Safety and Health Administration

9. Corporate farms, Regional planning
* Families used to own farms, now they are owned by corporations and the families only run them
* Every large city in the USA has a regional planning office

10. Government control of education
* this is obvious "No Child Left Behind"


Any thoughts on this?