Hitler battled the communists and won, so private property was allowed, although controlled, operated as Hitler desired (Speer ran industry). If corporations like fascistic operational style because of its efficiency and ownership features, a marxist regime will reject their desires and simply nationalize them, especially if they do not appreciate govt. policies and mandates.
Managed care (the term originated there) originated in the thirties under Italian fascism for the industries in Northern Italy, the region that built their Navy, one-at-a time military aircraft, and military armaments and automobiles, etc...the Italian healthcare system was designed by the corporations for their benefit and approved by Mussolini. Managed care was quasi-governmental. Obamacare is for the current administrations’ benefit, period.
The Obama administration may threaten nationalization of corporations objecting to Obamacare. An epic struggle for the survival of private property is at hand, both industrially and with commercial/private property. Property rights are the first thing protected in our Constitution..the justification of the country was to protect property rights. Fannie and Freddie now are fully governmental and the taxpayer has all liabilities. We are being charged for the very marxism being imposed on us. Everything is up for grabs, apparently, and the govt. is doing most of the grabbing and consigning the rest to our creditors (China given eminent domain as collateralization of US equities).
I agree we are in an epic struggle and are losing. In the next few months we will see:
1) Amnesty and a rapid path to voting citizenship will pass before the November election. The same strong arm tactics will be used to get the votes. Illegals will be able to vote in the 2012 election if it is held.
2) The recess appointments to the NLRB this weekend mean card check will be imposed by dictate from the NLRB and executive order by the President, not a vote in Congress where it would likely lose. Card check will allow the SEIU to rapidly organize what remains of the private sector through intimidation. Plus expect most government workers who are not in a union to become union members very quickly. In 5 years, your physician will be a member of the SEIU. You might be as well if you want to have a job.
3) Cap & Trade will be pushed through the Senate, again using the same strong arm tactics employed for health care.
4) The new financial regulation bill will effectively put the banking and insurance industries under tight government regulation.
5) The “Fairness Doctrine” will be imposed on the broadcast media, likely under some other name and under executive order or decree of the FCC. There will be an intense effort to shut down conservative talk radio and Fox News.
6) There is probably only a 50/50 chance the November elections will be held. The drumbeat over the past week about the extremists teabaggers is the beginning of an all out assault by the government on dissent. We may find the elections postponed or canceled due to the government perceiving a threat from the right wing or an actual massive terrorist attack carefully timed to create massive disruption near the time of the election.
7) Assuming best case, the elections are held, and the Republicans capture the House and Senate or significantly erode the Dem majorities, expect a huge amount of legislation to pass in the lame duck session including higher marginal tax rates, government oversight and approval of salaries and pay plans across the private sector, an overhaul of social security delaying retirement age and making benefits means tested, new regulations on the internet that lay the groundwork for censorship of speech on the internet by executive order. They may even try to pass a bill imposing a VAT.
8) Assuming the worst case and the elections are not held, the game is over unless the military decides to intervene and impose a military dictatorship.
9) If the elections are held and the Republicans try to dismantle the statist infrastructure erected from 2008 to 2010, Obama will go on a public relations offensive like we’ve never seen. He and his allies in Congress will use every delaying and obstruction tactic they can and blame the Republicans for every ill in the country in an effort to win the Executive Branch and Congress in 2012. If they win that election, with the help of newly enfranchised illegals, the game is also over.
Obama and his fellow travelers are on the offense. This has been planned for a long time and he has most of the media behind him. We desperately need a leader, a Reagan, who can resonate with the people by speaking to their best interests from the heart and build trust with them. Unfortunately Sarah Palin has been successfully marginalized. Boehner, McConnell, Steele have no charisma. Romney is tainted by health care in Massachusetts, his religion, and his slick looks (he looks like the corporate suit who fires workers). Huckabee is not charismatic enough, supports immigration reform, and millions of voters won’t vote for a minister. Pawlenty looks like another slick country club republican. McCain, if he wins reelection, might just be foolish enough to try to run again, disrupting the primary process and weakening the party. Gingrich is tainted. Jeb Bush is probably the best qualified candidate but the Bush name is tainted at least for a generation. The emerging new generation (Rubio for example in Florida) is too young. Many of the republican governors and senators who might make good candidates have no charisma and come across as the same old country club inside group that produced Dole and the Bushes. If there is a Reagan about to emerge and lead the cause, it isn’t apparent who that leader will be. She or he needs to be prominent and active by mid summer to have a positive impact on the November election.
Despite the mess Obama is creating, he still has a high approval rating in the high 40’s. It is doubtful it will drop much. Whether we like it or not, the nation is divided about 50/50 between the statists and those who believe in individual liberty. Obama is charismatic and that gives him tremendous power. He is very effective at telling the big lie with a straight face and the media does a great job reinforcing his message and mystique. Too many citizens have not woken up or are happy with status quo. Think about the German Jews who saw the signs of approaching doom but stayed in Germany until it was too late. At least a third of the population, and possible as much as 50%, will believe what they are told and gladly accept the chains. After all, if you have an HD TV, beer in the frig, food in the belly, “free” medical care, and a car in the driveway, who cares? The poorest of Americans are living a life 95% of the rest of the world’s population would consider to be the life of luxury. Millions of people are happy to just get by if they don’t have to exert any energy to do so. If you don’t believe it, look at Detroit.
The next few months will be critical. Our freedom hangs in the balance. If the socialist momentum cannot be slowed, the infrastructure will be in place by the end of the year to quickly transition to a dictatorship.