One of the major indicators of "Fascism" is corporate control of the government.
The Rich Support McCain, the Super-Rich Support Obama
In Richistan, I wrote about a new political divide emerging among the wealthy. While most Lower Richistani’s ($1 million to $10 million in net worth) were voting Republican, most Middle-and Upper Richistanis (those worth $10 million plus and $100 million plus) were voting Democrat.
Associated Press
Lower Richistanis tended to vote almost exclusively based on taxes. But Upper Richistanis placed a higher priority on longer-term societal issues like health care, the environment and education, which are traditional Democrat issues. Some say Upper Richistanis can afford to minimize taxes, since they have plenty of money even after the government takes its share. Others say the ultra-rich have better tax attorneys so they don’t care as much about tax rates.
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/20...-rich-support-obama/
<caption>Top Industries of Obama Bundlers</caption>
Industry | Min. Raised | # of Bundlers |
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Lawyers/Law Firms | $43,750,000 | 184 |
Securities & Investment | $22,850,000 | 92 |
Business Services | $18,500,000 | 65 |
TV/Movies/Music | $12,100,000 | 42 |
Real Estate | $11,500,000 | 45 |
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php
The Democratic Party Is Now The Party Of Big Business
By Jeffrey Dorfman
The traditional view of American political parties and their special interest groups is that the Republican Party represents big business and social conservatives while the Democratic Party represents labor unions and the poor. However, evidence suggests that this situation has changed. Labor unions and the poor are still linked with the Democratic Party. Small business is strongly with the Republicans at the moment, thanks to Obamacare, and social conservatives still lean Republican (and certainly not toward the Democrats). However, big business has now aligned itself with the Democratic Party.
Big business is working with the Democrats in favor of immigration reform because they want to expand the labor supply so they can hire people for lower wages. Big business has also received special treatment under the Affordable Care Act and they are happy to have received those favors. Also, big business likes the Obama Administration's practice of picking winners and bestowing subsidies, bailouts, and other forms of corporate welfare because they are the beneficiaries.
http://www.realclearmarkets.co...business_100768.html
In the United States, beginning in 1933, the constellation of government interventions known as the New Deal had features suggestive of the corporate state. The National Industrial Recovery Act created code authorities and codes of practice that governed all aspects of manufacturing and commerce. The National Labor Relations Act made the federal government the final arbiter in labor issues. The Agricultural Adjustment Act introduced central planning to farming. The object was to reduce competition and output in order to keep prices and incomes of particular groups from falling during the Great Depression.
It is a matter of controversy whether President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was directly influenced by fascist economic policies. Mussolini praised the New Deal as “boldly . . . interventionist in the field of economics,” and Roosevelt complimented Mussolini for his “honest purpose of restoring Italy” and acknowledged that he kept “in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman.” Also, Hugh Johnson, head of the National Recovery Administration, was known to carry a copy of Raffaello Viglione’s pro-Mussolini book, The Corporate State, with him, presented a copy to Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, and, on retirement, paid tribute to the Italian dictator.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
Let's see here 'weed, some of the "gimme" class are crony capitalists who funnel money to candidates to get special breaks in taxes and contracts. It might be noted that in corporatism that labor unions are considered to be a corporation. So on the face of all the evidence, hail yeah, we are a fascist nation. Add to list of fascist actions, the FCC intends to intrude into newsrooms , even at newspapers which aren't under FCC control.
See http://www.fcc.gov/info-needs-communities#read