Posted by
Rickey Braddam on Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:58:08 AM
Can you identify the source of the following?
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c.
It comes from:
- The platform of the Democratic Party
- The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels
The correct answer is number 2. I hope the fact that a couple of the things listed have already been accomplished (achieved) and others are in progress didn't cause you to pick the wrong answer.
1. Partially completed (National Forests, Parks, etc, Kelo decision)
2. Completed.
3. Partially completed "Death Tax".
4. Partially completed Eminent Domain, or try not paying your income tax.
5. Partially completed Federal Reserve banking system and Fractional Reserves.
6. Partially completed Fairness Doctrine, "PC"ism, toll roads, vehicle licensing, fuel taxes.
7. Partially completed Industrial and Financial bailouts, EPA, Farm Bureau.
8. Partially completed Democrat program proposals, EPA, Farm Bureau.
9. Partially completed agribusiness.
10. Partially completed Department of Education.
They're almost half way there!