Thursday, October 07, 2004

Communism or Facism: Pick your Poison

Joseph Farah has written an editorial piece railing against the mountain of regulations created by beuracrats that pour out of Washington each year. He makes the points that those regulations created by federal agencies cost private citizens and private business real dollars. This, then, makes the practice of regulating a form of taxiation. Farah goes on to point out that since these beuracrats are not elected and Congress does not police them, then we have returned to the era of "taxation without representation."

These agencies not only subvert the founding principle of "no taxation without representation," they also totally subvert the principle of the separation of powers. The agencies all make rules, interpret the rules, and enforce the rules. In essence, each agency has legislative, judicial and executive power in spite of the founders intent to separate those powers.

This practice of regulation is the essence of facism. Most people don't really understand what facism is, though they throw the word around willy-nilly. Remember, Nazi Germany did not advocate public ownership of the means of production like Communist Russia. In Nazi Germany, ownership rights were negated by government regulations. What is the point of ownership when one has no power to use or dispose of their property as they themselves see fit?

Facism and Socialism are not polar opposites. They are the same beast and we have been moving towards both with great haste. Since the inclusion of the Income tax we have started taking money away from those who earn it to give it to those who need it. This moves us as individuals towards socialim. Meanwhile, we regulate our businesses so heavily that business owners can not really sell a widget or move a wadget without paying homage to the god of government.

The real tragedy is that one of these two forms of tyranny are the will of the people.

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