Posted on 07/17/2019 8:13:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the new nation that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota seeks to create, the "capitalist system" will be left behind in pursuit of a "fair and just economy" where the federal government guarantees everybody jobs, housing, health care and free abortions.
How can we know this? She has declared it in writing.
Omar's campaign website includes a section called "Ilhan's Vision." The agenda it presents contradicts foundational American principles -- particularly the rights to life and property -- that were spelt out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
The declaration says that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."
The Fifth Amendment says, "No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The 14th Amendment makes clear that the rights protected by the Fifth Amendment apply to everyone and cannot be violated by the states. It says, "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
In "Ilhan's Vision," a government that recognizes the right to private property is an unjust government.
"The capitalist system has led to a concentration of wealth in a small handful of elites while working people suffer," says Omar's vision statement. "We must stop the exploitation of working people to create a fair and just economy."
One policy she proposes to help move America away from the "capitalist system" toward a "fair and just economy" is to have the federal government guarantee everybody a job and a wage.
"A federal jobs guarantee would provide meaningful work to anybody who wants it," says her vision statement. "The program would: Provide a wage of at least $15 an hour, healthcare coverage, and benefits."
But this is only the start of Omar's vision for liberating America from the "capitalist system."
She also proposes a program she calls "Homes for All." It is designed to move America away from a "free market" in residential real estate toward what Omar calls "publicly- and cooperatively-owned models of housing."
"Housing is a human right," Omar says in her vision statement. "However, the free-market does not meet the needs of working families, while big banks and for-profit developers continue to profit off of working communities."
Imagine that: In this country, for-profit homebuilders profit by providing housing to people who earn money by working.
To stop this outrage, Omar says, "We need to move towards publicly- and cooperatively-owned models of housing for all income-levels."
Does this mean House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or her descendants should someday live in publicly or cooperatively owned housing? How about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer?
In the nation Omar envisions, a population that is guaranteed government-funded jobs and is living in "publicly- and cooperatively-owned models of housing" will also rely on a health care system controlled by the central government.
"Ilhan will fight for Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system that guarantees quality care for every American," says "Ilhan's Vision."
Under Omarcare, no one will pay anything for any health care service.
Her system would "Require no out-of-pocket costs for patients for any services."
That would include the killing of unborn children.
"It is horrifying that we continue to fight for the right to seek an abortion and access reproductive freedom," says "Ilhan's Vision." Her system would "Provide abortion coverage and care regardless of income or insurance."
How will Omar pay for her vision? By taking more of your income and targeting family-owned businesses.
"Ilhan's Vision" will "Create a more progressive tax system by increasing income tax for the wealthiest Americans."
It would also "Strengthen the estate tax to limit the amount of inter-generational wealth that can be accumulated in the wealthiest families."
Massive public stock corporations do not pay estate taxes. Family-owned businesses do. The net effect is forcing families to sell their businesses to public corporations to raise money to pay a tax imposed on the death of a family member.
This death tax enriches big government and big business at the expense of families.
It also helps illustrate how Omar's vision would turn the America Dream upside down.
It would take money from parents who have worked hard and saved to build a business they want to pass on to their children and give that money to individuals who want to abort their children.
Who is more likely to lead America to a better tomorrow, those who work to build a family legacy? Or those who take a government handout to terminate theirs in the womb?
Right, I’m sure her muzzie handlers are gonna allow “abortion for all.”
Go to Hell, serpent.
Here in Florida there are two distinct groups of Cubans who’ve moved here.
Those who came as a result of Castro and his communist revolution are mostly hard working and good GOD loving folks.
Those who came years later during the Mariel Boat lift were raised after the revolution.
These mostly are worthless, lazy GOD less and not worth a shit.
Go figure.
Abortion for everyone? Including men?
Now that's going to resonate well in the 2020 elections.
And the housing issue alone, has she seen what the “projects” Always end up looking like, run down And full of drugs and violence. So what she’s saying is she wants the United States to look like a Third World shit hole.
She needs to bring her vision to her homeland.....corrupt Somalia.
Last updated: May 2016 / GAN Integrity Report
Somalia is known for its vast corruption. Somalia ranks among the world’s most corrupt countries. Insecurity is also a major issue; the ongoing instability greatly restricts business. Corrupt government officials tolerate illegal activities in return for bribes. Dysfunctional institutions facilitate an environment of lawlessness, and the absence of any form of regulatory framework hinders prospects of economic competitiveness.
Business is based on patronage networks, and tight monopolies dominate the market. Somalia’s Provisional Constitution criminalizes several forms of corruption (including abuse of office, embezzlement and bribery); however, implementation is non-existent. The governing elite is continuously involved in allegations of embezzlement of public funds from the already meager Somalian coffers.
Finally, bribery is commonplace in all sectors, and procurement contracts frequently involve corruption.
Judicial System Businesses face a high corruption risk when dealing with the courts. The institution is subject to political interference and suffers from high levels of corruption, rendering it ineffective (HRR 2015; FitW 2015). Civil courts in Somalia are practically nonfunctional; a combination of traditional and customary, sharia and formal law guide the institution and in some local courts depend on dominant local clans for establishing authority (BTI 2016). Court orders are not respected by Somalian authorities (HRR 2015).
Police Corruption is rife within the security apparatus. Impunity is widespread, and authorities do not maintain effective control over the police force (HRR 2015). In addition, the police are ineffective (HRR 2015). To stay protected from crime, companies in Somalia are forced either to cooperate with violent groups or to arm themselves against threats (BTI 2016).
The Somali National Army is the country’s most important security institution. It suffers rampant corruption: Army leaders have systematically inflated troop numbers to obtain greater funding. Furthermore, family and business ties link officials responsible for provisions and the companies contracted to provide the food rations (worth USD 8 million per year) (UN Security Council, Oct. 2015). Cases of corruption and misappropriation within the army led President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to order the replacement of the chief of the armed forces in 2015 (UN Security Council, Oct. 2015).
Public Services In 1991, Somalia’s state institutions witnessed a complete collapse, and efforts to rebuild the country’s public administrations since have been modest due to ongoing armed conflict and rampant corruption (BTI 2016).
There are no legal or institutional frameworks regulating the market in Somalia, thus market competition is absent and the economy is controlled by patronage networks with close ties to the ruling elite (BTI 2016).
Land Administration Somali authorities are incapable of protecting property rights (BTI 2016). The construction boom the country is currently witnessing has further fueled conflict as title deeds are either unavailable or forged (BTI 2016). Forced evictions by both private and public actors, coupled with the absence of land deeds and corruption, will most likely further exacerbate land conflict in the future (BTI 2016). The country has no functioning land registry (BTI 2016).
Tax Administration The tax administration is absent in Somalia, and most businesses operate in the informal sector and thus go untaxed (BTI 2016). The government lacks the capacity both to collect taxes and to control the country’s territory, parts of which are under the rule of rebel groups (BTI 2016). This has allowed rebel leaders and warlords to establish their unique tax collection system from traders and businessmen operating in areas under their control (BTI 2016).
Customs Administration Businesses are likely to face extensive corruption in the customs sector. Bribery is common when clearing goods through the Mogadishu port (Hiiran Online, Jan. 2015). Generally, the diversion of revenue from ports is very common; for instance, revenue from the Mogadishu port totaled more than USD 5.5 million per month during 2013 (to put this in perspective, the Somali central bank in 2014 received an average of USD 4.6 million per month) (HRR 2014).
Trade in counterfeit goods is widespread at Somalia’s borders and has also served as a source of financing for armed rebels such as Al-Shabab (BTI 2016).
Public Procurement Public procurement in Somalia holds high corruption risks for business. The majority of public tenders are treated as confidential (BTI 2016). “Secret contracting,” where officials close public procurement deals in complete absence of transparency and oversight, is a common practice (HRR 2015). Reportedly, some regional entities have closed contracts with oil companies independently from the government (BTI 2016).
Public funds are found to be frequently diverted and misappropriated due to corruption (HRR 2015). In one major case, it was found that approximately 80% of payment transfers made by the central bank of Somalia was to private persons for non-business purposes (BTI 2016; HRR 2015).
Government officials with close ties to the president also actively used the central bank to control overseas recovered assets including cash and gold held in banks during the Somalian civil war as well as government property abroad (HRR 2015, HRR 2014). The bank’s governor resigned after details of the case were revealed in 2013. His predecessor, appointed by the President, also resigned weeks later due to heavy political interference and corruption (BTI 2016). The case has triggered the government to set up a Financial Governance Committee to restore the trust of international donors. The committee is responsible for controlling corruption and securing transparency in the handling of public assets; however, only a small proportion of government contracts are shared with the committee (BTI 2016).
Natural Resources The natural resources industries are jeopardized by corruption and insecurity. The sector is almost completely unregulated; the petroleum industry is particularly problematic (UN Security Council, Oct. 2015). Several members of the political elite have signed extra
Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index – Somalia 2016.
Freedom House: Freedom in the World – Somalia 2015.
Freedom House: Freedom of the Press – Somalia 2015.
US Department of State: Human Rights Practices Report – Somalia 2015.
UN Security Council: ‘Letter dated 9 October 2015 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea addressed to the President of the Security Council’, 9 October 2015.
Mail & Guardian Africa: ‘As British oil firm is probed for corruption in Somalia, Mogadishu rejects proposed UN freeze on oil deals’, 3 October 2015.
Hiiran Online: ‘Somalis against corruption’, 13 January
2015.
US Department of State: Human Rights Practices Report – Somalia 2014.
But what will she do when she runs out of other people’s money?
Ilhan Omar “Loves” this country (her words) so much that she wants to fundamentally change it ( remember those words?)
Here is what she wants to transform America to:
https://www.ilhanomar.com/vision
Classic Third World Marxist.
Islam is a war plan.
She most likely did lie, wanna bet?
Considering "the progress of science and the useful arts” (as the Constitution puts it) which was intentionally fostered in America by the Constitution, and effectuated by “capitalists,” an American secretary in 2019 would have to think long and hard about changing circumstances with Queen Victoria (1819-1901).Victoria, of course, had prestige out the wazoo - but the “health care" her family “enjoyed” would not be considered worthy of the name today. As a consequence of which, her husband died relatively young by today’s standards - and she was a depressed widow for decades.
Victoria had good food - but she couldn’t eat more good food than our secretary. Victoria had the ability to sail by steamship and rail - but not in an automobile and on roads worthy of modern standards, and not in an airliner capable of traveling around the globe in a couple of days.
Victoria enjoyed concerts, no doubt - but not music selected for taste, available 24/7. No Internet, no computer, no cell phone, etc.
What is this “concentration” of wealth of which you speak? Far more accurate to speak of a fantastically prolific cornocopia of wealth, enjoyed first by its entrepreneurial inventors but gushing - not “trickling" but gushing - down to working people.
Why socialists need capitalism (to generate new things to which socialists can say everyone is “entitled”)
Congress will exempt themselves again.
Glad to see that the Islamic extremist communist finally outted herself. About time. J. Michael Waller (Center for Security Policy), just published a long article about her father’s ties/service to the Marxist genocidal regime of Somali red Barre’ and when the dictatorship fell, he fled, with little Comrade Omar, to Kenya and then the U.S.
Explains a lot about this Red(Communist)/Green (Islamic extremist) America-hating traitorous bitch.
Spread the word.
Sorry I cannot provide the Waller link but it was embedded in comments about her a couple of days ago here at FR.
I’ll do everyone a favor by sharing the link:
TITLE: How a US Member of Congress was Raised by the Red-Green Axis
A democrat not lying? Surely you jest.
Why is this person still even in the Congress? She represents CAIR, The Muslim Brotherhood, not America...
There would be no need for a tax base as the government would then have to take over all means of production and distribution. No one would need money because everyone would work for the government which in return would then provide food, housing and medical care.
I laugh at the part that says, “provide a job for those who want one”. When the government controls everything, it decides who will work, when and how much they will work and which jobs they will hold.
I do not fear the idiots that propose these things, I fear the idiots who believe it will create anything other than misery for all.
May God help us in our fight against this communist and all others like her.
Get out of my country, you worthless scum!
(Aimed at Omar, not you, SeekAndFind).
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