That is, As we get closer to the election, are you ready to detail how the 'progressive' position is communism by another name?
It has been said that you can sneak an amazing amount of evil past the eyes and ears of good people if you simply do not call it what it really is. The success of the 'progressives' depends on their beliefs not being named as communist. Make sure and make it stick when you name the evil.
The planks:
1. Abolition of property and land; 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 emmigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with
state capital and an *exclusive monopoly. (*Exclusive monopoly on lending and interest rates.)
6. Centralization 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 obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all distinctions between town and country by a more equitable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?