Obama hires another communist Czar, Cass Sunstein
US Army Veteran
Defends communism, welfare state but says 'white majority' oppose programs
aiding blacks, Hispanics
JERUSALEM - The U.S. should move in the direction of socialism but the
country's "white majority" opposes welfare since such programs largely would
benefit minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics, argued President
Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.
"The absence of a European-style social welfare state is certainly connected
with the widespread perception among the white majority that the relevant
programs would disproportionately benefit African Americans (and more
recently Hispanics)," wrote Sunstein.
The Obama czar's controversial comments were made in his 2004 book "The
Second Bill of Rights," which was obtained and reviewed by WND.
In the book, Sunstein openly argues for bringing socialism to the U.S. and
even lends support to communism.
"During the Cold War, the debate about [social welfare] guarantees took the
form of pervasive disagreement between the United States and its communist
adversaries. Americans emphasized the importance of civil and political
liberties, above all free speech and freedom of religion, while communist
nations stressed the right to a job, health care, and a social minimum."
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Sunstein: Americans too racist for socialism
Defends communism, welfare state but says 'white majority' oppose programs
aiding blacks, Hispanics
JERUSALEM - The U.S. should move in the direction of socialism but the
country's "white majority" opposes welfare since such programs largely would
benefit minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics, argued President
Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.
"The absence of a European-style social welfare state is certainly connected
with the widespread perception among the white majority that the relevant
programs would disproportionately benefit African Americans (and more
recently Hispanics)," wrote Sunstein.
The Obama czar's controversial comments were made in his 2004 book "The
Second Bill of Rights," which was obtained and reviewed by WND.
In the book, Sunstein openly argues for bringing socialism to the U.S. and
even lends support to communism.
"During the Cold War, the debate about [social welfare] guarantees took the
form of pervasive disagreement between the United States and its communist
adversaries. Americans emphasized the importance of civil and political
liberties, above all free speech and freedom of religion, while communist
nations stressed the right to a job, health care, and a social minimum."
Continued Sunstein: "I think this debate was unhelpful; it is most plausible
to see the two sets of rights as mutually reinforcing, not antagonistic."
Sunstein claims the "socialist movement" did not take hold in the U.S. in
part because of a "smaller and weaker political left or lack of enthusiasm
for redistributive programs."
He laments, "In a variety of ways, subtle and less subtle, public and
private actions have made it most difficult for socialism to have any
traction in the United States."
Sunstein wants to spread America's wealth
WND first reported Sunstein penned a 2007 University of Chicago Law School
paper in which he debated whether America should pay "justice" to the world
by entering into a compensation agreement that would be a net financial loss
for the U.S. He argues it is "desirable" to redistribute America's wealth to
poorer nations.
A prominent theme throughout Sunstein's 39-page paper, entitled "Climate
Change Justice" and reviewed by WND, maintains U.S. wealth should be
redistributed to poorer nations. He uses terms such as "distributive
justice" several times. The paper was written with fellow attorney Eric A.
Posner.
"It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur
through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more
effectively through climate policy than through direct foreign aid," wrote
Sunstein.
He posited: "We agree that if the United States does spend a great deal on
emissions reductions as part of an international agreement, and if the
agreement does give particular help to disadvantaged people, considerations
of distributive justice support its action, even if better redistributive
mechanisms are imaginable.
"If the United States agrees to participate in a climate change agreement on
terms that are not in the nation's interest, but that help the world as a
whole, there would be no reason for complaint, certainly if such
participation is more helpful to poor nations than conventional foreign-aid
alternatives," he wrote.
Sunstein maintains: "If we care about social welfare, we should approve of a
situation in which a wealthy nation is willing to engage in a degree of
self-sacrifice when the world benefits more than that nation loses."
Sunstein proposed 'socialist' bill of rights
In "The Second Bill of Rights," WND also reported, Sunstein proposed a new
"bill of rights" in which he advanced the radical notion that welfare
rights, including some controversial inceptions, be granted by the state.
Among his mandates:
The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or
farms or mines of the nation;
The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and
recreation;
The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which
will give him and his family a decent living;
The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere
of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or
abroad;
The right of every family to a decent home;
The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy
good health;
The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age,
sickness, accident, and unemployment;
The right to a good education.
On one page in his book, Sunstein claims he is "not seriously arguing" his
bill of rights be "encompassed by anything in the Constitution," but on the
next page he states that "if the nation becomes committed to certain rights,
they may migrate into the Constitution itself."
Later in the book, Sunstein argues that "at a minimum, the second bill
should be seen as part and parcel of America's constitutive commitments."
WND has learned that in April 2005, Sunstein opened up a conference at Yale
Law School entitled "The Constitution in 2020," which sought to change the
nature and interpretation of the Constitution by that year.
Sunstein has been a main participant in the movement, which openly seeks to
create a "progressive" consensus as to what the U.S. Constitution should
provide for by the year 2020. It also suggests strategy for how liberal
lawyers and judges might bring such a constitutional regime into being.
Just before his appearance at the conference, Sunstein wrote a blog entry in
which he explained he "will be urging that it is important to resist, on
democratic grounds, the idea that the document should be interpreted to
reflect the view of the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party."
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=112243
Patton: The only good communist is a dead communist.