Given my book on Barack Obama's communist mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, I'm regularly asked whether the latest Obama statement -- on economics, on wealth, on business,
on the middle class, etc. -- rings of Davis. Invariably, yes, it
does. Not surprisingly, I'm being asked just that in regard to the new
Obama statement on "redistribution," which has just emerged in a tape
recording from 1998. Does that statement likewise smack of Frank
Marshall Davis? Yes, no question.
For starters, Davis, a literal card-carrying member of Communist Party USA, believed in wealth redistribution. That's a central tenet of the communist faith. Generally, Davis, like Obama, favored wealth redistribution from so-called greedy "corporations" to fund "health insurance" and "public works projects" (Davis's words). Davis advocated government stimulus to rescue America from (allegedly) another Great Depression. Like Obama, he supported large-scale government wealth redistribution to keep America's economy (and unemployment) from getting worse.
Beyond that, Davis blasted big business, Wall Street, banks, big oil, "excess profits," "corporate profits" and "fat contracts," "millionaires," and the "wealthy." He attacked "GOP" tax cuts that "spare the rich" and only "benefit millionaires." He called out the "corporation executive" for not paying his "fair" share. He wanted to rid America of "huge funds" finding their way into the "pockets" of "Wall Street." "Instead," he declared, "money should be spent for the benefit of the people instead of the corporations." He favored nationalization and singled out General Motors for government action. Broadly speaking, Frank Marshall Davis hailed the public sector over the private sector.
For starters, Davis, a literal card-carrying member of Communist Party USA, believed in wealth redistribution. That's a central tenet of the communist faith. Generally, Davis, like Obama, favored wealth redistribution from so-called greedy "corporations" to fund "health insurance" and "public works projects" (Davis's words). Davis advocated government stimulus to rescue America from (allegedly) another Great Depression. Like Obama, he supported large-scale government wealth redistribution to keep America's economy (and unemployment) from getting worse.
Beyond that, Davis blasted big business, Wall Street, banks, big oil, "excess profits," "corporate profits" and "fat contracts," "millionaires," and the "wealthy." He attacked "GOP" tax cuts that "spare the rich" and only "benefit millionaires." He called out the "corporation executive" for not paying his "fair" share. He wanted to rid America of "huge funds" finding their way into the "pockets" of "Wall Street." "Instead," he declared, "money should be spent for the benefit of the people instead of the corporations." He favored nationalization and singled out General Motors for government action. Broadly speaking, Frank Marshall Davis hailed the public sector over the private sector.
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