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Stealth socialism: follow the money

by Jon Rappoport

October 29, 2017

“If I fund you, I own you.”

“No you don’t.”

“Want to see what happens if I cut off the funding flow?”

“No.”

“I’ve made my point. Case closed.”

In “classical” socialism, the government owns the means of production. It owns all business and companies and corporations. It decides what is produced, where it is distributed, who benefits, who suffers.

This classical definition allows an escape hatch. “Look at America. How many companies are actually owned by the federal government? How many are in private hands? America isn’t even close to being a socialist nation…”

Now let’s get real. In actual practice, socialism means the central government controls increasing chunks of the economy by funding them.

The government doesn’t literally have to own thousands of businesses. Government can FUND businesses. With contracts. In that case, what these companies produce is flowing from government money. “I don’t literally own you. But I bankroll you. If I removed that money, you would be in a great deal of trouble…”

That IS a covert form of government owning the means of production.

In 2014, the US federal government budget was $3.5 trillion. What did it do with that money (besides hiding and stealing some portion of it)? It spent it. It spent it by giving out contracts to private companies and government entities.

Government was so obsessed with spending it, the budget went into the red to the tune of $484 billion.

In 2014, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product—the assessed value of goods and services created in the US) was $17 trillion, and the purported debt of the government, accumulated over decades, was also $17 trillion (the debt is actually much greater). This should also give you some idea of the distance to which the government will go in its manic desire to spend money.

The federal government hands out money like an endless Niagara, to private companies and to itself—and in this way, it controls the operations of a major part of the economy. THAT IS SOCIALISM. BY STEALTH.

If you don’t think so, imagine what would happen if the government withdrew its funding.

Karl Marx might have quibbled about this form of socialism, but in the end he would see its intent and practical results:

“Well, the government puts onerous taxes on the people, and bankrolls a major portion of the economy…hmm, not bad, all in all. It’s a start.”

Of course, the super-rich secreted their wealth, long ago, in non-profit foundations. And they—the Rockefellers and Carnegies, and so on—they’re the people who want to expand socialism. Translation: they want to cut out the competition.

The people who don’t see how socialism is working in America (and other countries) aren’t looking.

Private functions become public functions when titanic sums of money flow from government.

This is one aspect of the Deep State that’s right out in open.

Jon Rappoport

The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free NoMoreFakeNews emails here or his free OutsideTheRealityMachine emails here.

3 thoughts on “Stealth socialism: follow the money

  1. “The governments manic desire to spend money.”

    My local municipal council.
    The street my sister lives in.
    The council informed the residents that they were going to plant trees on the footpath.
    A footpath that is a meter & a tiny bit wide.
    The residents, wrote letters, attended the council & said no.
    The council contracted the task out & BINGO …………
    Trees were planted in the middle of summer & the residents were told to water the trees.
    The trees subsequently died.
    So the council planter more trees.
    The tree planting exercise in total cost the rate payers a small fortune.
    The rumor was that a cousin of one of the councilors was the contractor hired to plant the trees.

    The manic desire to spend monies is to enrich the vested interests & nothing more.

    1. O’Hea Street was remodeled at great expense, with a bike path on the actual foot path – A DEATH TRAP – for bike riders …………. cars entering O’Hea St from side streets –
      A) cannot see oncoming bikes.
      B) cannot see on coming cars.
      C) are unable to see on coming traffic from either side.
      D) it is a case of close your eyes & take a risk mate to turn right or left into O’Hea St.

      1. Episode 2:
        & thus the monies rains.
        The Sad Saga Continues –
        As a result of O\’Hea Street being narrowed
        The morning & afternoon traffic utilized Murray St
        Can anyone guess what happened ?
        Yes !
        Speed humps were necessary in Murray St to curtail the increase of traffic.

        * Google – How much do speed humps cost ?
        Media report that speed humps: Are very expensive to install & very expensive to maintain. Speed Humps can cost $4.500 – $7.500 ………. per hump.

        * Google – Speed Humps From $56 p/m – Discount Price – Fast Delivery.
        Alas this would be too simply an effort for the local council.

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