COTD: Political Considerations

clipped from pajamasmedia.com Obama learned from FDR that a President can, with the help of the state run media, cynically run the economy into the ground for purposes of political power. It keeps those who have jobs afraid, and makes the beggars dependent on the gummint. Punish your enemies and reward your campaign contributors, and call it economic recovery (aka TARP). We’re getting fascism folks, which is a variant of socialism. There will still be (nominal) capitalism, but the government will get to make all the important decisions, based on political considerations.