The Philosophy of Big Government is Collectivism
G. Edward Griffin, with his five decades of research, discusses the similarities between the extreme left and the extreme right in the false political paradigm and how this highlights a recurring theme – collectivism. Collectivism, the opposite of constitutional individualism, maintains that the interests of the individual must be sacrificed for the greater good of the greater number, explains Griffin, uniting the doctrines of communism and fascism. Both the Republican and Democrat parties in the United States are committed to advancing collectivism and this is why the same policies are followed no matter who is voted in to the White House. This video is well worth the time.
NEW: The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight
Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joined Bill Moyers in 2014 to talk about what he calls Washington’s “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests regardless of political party. “It is how we had deregulation, financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the erosion or our civil liberties and perpetual war,” Lofgren tells Moyers.
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The Blue Party and The Red Party are really Purple…Why…
There is a widely-held perception that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are drastically different in their policy, proposals, philosophy of government, and general modus operandi. While there are certainly some significant differences between the two parties, the number of similarities are astounding. In 2012 IVN’s Wes Messamore explored the similarities between the two major-party candidates, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
HERE ARE THE TOP TEN SIMILARITIES
1. A large number of Democrats and Republicans signed the National Defense Authorization Act for the year 2012, which critics say allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens on U.S. soil without due process. President Obama pledged to veto the NDAA, but went back on his word and signed it into law with the indefinite detention provision included. Mitt Romney says that he would do the same.
2. Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly favor Keynesian economics rather than other schools of economic thought such as the Austrian School of economics.
3. The Bush-era Patriot Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, was passed with bipartisan support and recently extended by policymakers of both parties. Romney has voiced his support for the controversial legislation. Obama supported it as a senator and signed the extension into law as president.
4. Both the Republican and Democratic administrations have attempted to justify the use of extrajudicial targeted killing, the killing of people without trial or substantive due process, including American citizens. The use of these tactics increased under President Obama and has received praise from members of both parties. There was strong bipartisan support for the Obama Administration’s extrajudicial killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Aulaqi and his 16 year old son without trial, which received praise from Republican Party members and was strongly supported by Mitt Romney.
5. The Democratic and Republican parties both generally support the vastly-growing use of unmanned aerial combat drones in the Middle East:
- The use of unmanned drones to patrol foreign skies, which have been responsible for many civilian and child deaths, began under President Bush and drone use has drastically increased and expanded under President Obama. There has been little to no partisan opposition to these tactics and while the GOP platform advocates for increased drone use, the Democratic platform doesn’t mention their use at all.
- Drone warfare in Pakistan started under Bush, has been significantly escalated by Obama, and Romney has indicated that he will continue using drones in Pakistan if elected. Both parties also support the continued drone warfare being used in Libya, which Romney has stated he would likely continue.
- In Yemen, the Obama Administration has continued the fighting that the Bush Administration initiated, which Obama has done with the use of secretive drone warfare and by recently sending troops back.
6. Both parties will also allow drones to patrol the skies of the United States. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, which calls for the use of up to 30,000 drones in U.S. airspace, passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support.
7. The Federal Reserve is allowed by both parties to continue to operate as an “independent government agency,” whose monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the president nor any other elected member of the executive or legislative branch. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was appointed by George W. Bush and re-appointed by Obama. Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on whether he would reappoint Bernanke, stating in 2010 that he would reappoint him, but stating recently that he would not reappoint Bernanke for a third term. Bernanke was reappointed for his second term in 2010 after a bipartisan vote of 70-30. However, the Audit the Fed bill has also received strong bipartisan support.
8. In an apparent direct conflict of interest, 130 Republican and Democratic congressional members have invested in company stocks while making legislative decisions that impact those same companies.
9. Democrats and Republicans both played a role in the founding of the Federal Reserve. Initial versions of the Federal Reserve Act were drafted by Republican Senator Nelson Aldrich and the final version was drafted y Democratic Congressman Carter Glass of Virginia, which then went to receive strong bipartisan support in Congress.
10. Both Republican and Democrats have allowed the Federal Reserve to inject trillions of dollars into the economy through their quantitative easing programs. While many Republicans including Romney have said they are against the third round of quantitative easing, neither party has or is likely to introduce bills aimed at regulating or halting quantitative easing altogether.
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See how both the Republicans and Democrats are equally represented in the Council On Foreign Relations, The Trilateral Commission and support the United Nations.
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Here’s how the Democratic Party and Republican Party stay in power: 10 ways of controlling your vote.
- States Send Delegates to the Electoral College that Represent Parties, Not People
- Campaign Finance Laws Give Political Parties Special Exemptions Even in Nonpartisan Races
- Gerrymandering: Parties Draw District Lines to Insulate Themselves from Competition
- Taxpayers Fund Primary Elections that Benefit Private Parties
- The Media Discusses Issues Not Based on Merit, But on the Two Major-Party Positions
- Parties Are Directly Involved in Administering Elections
- Chief State Election Officials Are Appointed by Parties
- Parties Write Laws That Directly Limit The Ability of Opposing Voters to Cast Their Votes
- Parties Appoint the Judiciary and Control Judicial Elections
- Debate Process
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The Perversion of the Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Section 2) is perhaps one of the most misunderstood parts of the Constitution. Misconstrued for decades by politicians and the federal courts, it is a worthy topic of coverage. I would like to chime in on a source of frustration I often have when I hear individuals talk about this Clause as if it is evidence that all federal laws invariably trump state laws. Individuals sometimes express an inclination to understand the text in this way, regardless of the law in question. While this notion may seem uncontroversial to those that do not look at the primary sources for the real meaning of the Clause, this conviction lacks historical merit.
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