America The Socialist Government?

Joe:

I just finished watching O'Reilly's television show. On Fox and almost every channel it depicts what America will look like under our new Socialist government.

I've got news for the MSM. . . . we already know what a new Socialist government will look like because we've got one right here in Salisbury/Wicomico. We've had it now for several years. We've wrote the book on 'Socialism'. Here are some of the signs.

1. Mass exodus of private sector factories and jobs, abandoned warehouses. (i.e. Local Factory Business Closure list now exceeds 50 reknown businesses)

2. Government confiscation without compensation - (Tree hugging act, Agricultural Preservation, Density Reduction, downzoning etc.)

3. Confidentiality Agreements between branches of government and confiscatory targets - (elimination of government transparency)

4. Zoning Ordinances which prohibit private uses but encourages Government uses - (i.e. Airport Zoning District).

5. Government wage increases to the detriment of the overall tax base, simultaneous to business retraction.

6. Legislation which exempts government entitities from paying any Real Property tax while raising the assessment standards on the overall public base -(i.e. HB - 965).

7. Designation of Enterprising Standards which erodes public's input and creates taxpayers subsidies without accountability - (i.e. Civic Center Enterprise accounting, Wicomico County Liquor Dispensary) This is taxation without representation.

Hell, I just tuned in to the football game - (Colts verses Titans) - and even there Maryland was going to confiscate the team had not Irsay decided to move them before the secret midnight legislative session convened. Here is an excerpt from Irsay's obituary. It can also be seen online:
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/i/irsay_jim/stories/1997_0115.html

It all came to a head in 1984, when Irsay agreed to move the Colts to what was then called the Hoosier Dome. The Indianapolis financial package was less lucrative than Baltimore's final offer, according to some reports, but Irsay would later say money wasn't the only consideration.

"We didn't pick Indianapolis for the monetary value," Irsay said. "We took it because of the people here, the domed stadium, which is beautiful, and, in general, I took the best situation for my family and the coaching staff."

Irsay moved the Colts to Indianapolis one day after the Maryland Legislature passed a law allowing the city of Baltimore to take over the franchise by eminent domain.

Fifteen Mayflower vans loaded with all of the team's possessions began moving out of the Colts' office and training facility in Owings Mills, Md., shortly after midnight because it was feared the franchise would be seized after daybreak. "They not only threw down the gauntlet, but they put a gun to his head and cocked it and asked, `Want to see if it's loaded?' " Michael Chernoff, the team's general counsel, said after the move. "They forced him to make a decision that day."