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In this time of worldwide economic depression, we must question the foundation
which backs up the ideals of our President, Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
While legislation is being passed to “save the country from economic hardship”
we must ask ourselves one question: Is our country, specifically our President,
turning to socialism in order to resolve economic problems?
“What is socialism,” one might ask. A socialistic government is a government that controls and regulates every stage of production . This includes the distribution of jobs, housing, medicine, capital, land, etc. etc. The Soviet Union’s turn to socialistic policy during and after World War One seems to have inspired our leader to follow suit. While Roosevelt claims to be easing the country back into economic stability through the creation of groups such as the Federal Emergency Relief Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the federal Housing Authority, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, the outcome, in reality, has led our country, along with its democratic foundation, further down the path to socialism. Is the Federal Emergency Relief Act, which distributes jobs to the unemployed not socialistic? Is the Agricultural Adjustment Act, in which the government buys excess crops from farmers upon overproduction not socialistic, as it directs capital to a certain social group? Is the equal distribution of housing to the homeless through the Federal Housing Authority not a socialistic practice? Above all, is the Tennessee Valley Authority not a socialistic agency, as it took business right out of the hands of the electric companies in Tennessee and left housing, water, and electricity responsibilities to the government? You may argue that President Roosevelt is simply on a mission to revive the country’s economy. This does appear to be the case. The manner in which Roosevelt goes about this mission, however, must be thoroughly questioned. Resorting to socialism is not the American way of achieving economic stability, even as a last resort. The lengths that Franklin Delano Roosevelt has gone to in order to achieve economic stability have been unquestionably been socialistically stimulated. |
by Sikes |