Obama running as unabashed corporatist

Published January 20, 2012 5:00am ET



President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign manager Jim Messina tweeted out this morning: “GM becomes top selling auto maker after POTUS invested in America. Meanwhile, Mitt was investing in the Cayman islands. #leadership?” Expect this to be a major theme of Obama’s campaign. Hopefully Mitt Romney and his private equity past at Bain Capital will provide a clear contrast for voters about the future of this country.

Do we want to live in a capitalist country where entrepreneurs own businesses and consumers control them through the free market? Or do we want to live under a corporatist system where entrepreneurs own businesses, governments control the businesses, and corporations control the government. Think we don’t live in a corporatist world under Obama already? Consider these headlines.

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