Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Cass Sunstein: BO's Regulatory Czar calls for redistribution of wealth and socialism in the US

Cass Sunstein is B.O.'s appointed Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Sunstein authored a book in 2004 called "The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More than Ever" I've read some sections of the book (online link below). He points to FDR's proposals for a second bill of rights, points out the relationship between the proposal and socialism and communism, expresses regret that America is overly sensitive to adopting socialist policies, and speaks of using the court system and other means as tools for bringing about these policies that he clearly identifies as socialist and to an extent communist. I can't quote the whole book...and to do so would be out of context, but you can read large sections of it via the link below.

Sunstein's FDR book online:
http://books.google.com/books?id=cj00Zjh1XIkC&dq=cass+sunstein+second+bill+of+rights&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=mVHySvjhPI2d8AbOvInrAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Sunstein co-authored an article called "Climate Change Justice" he calls for laws that would force distribution of wealth/cash from the U.S. to poorer nations:
"Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would cost some nations much more than others and benefit some nations far less than others. Significant reductions would likely impose especially large costs on the United States, and recent projections suggest that the United States is not among the nations most at risk from climate change....On reasonable assumptions, redistribution from the United States to poor people in poor nations would be highly desirable, but expenditures on greenhouse gas reductions are a crude means of producing that redistribution: It would be much better to give cash payments directly to people who are now poor....This claim has general implications for thinking about both distributive justice and corrective justice arguments in the context of international law and international agreements."

Sunstein's climate change article online:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CA8QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgetownlawjournal.com%2Fissues%2Fpdf%2F96-5%2FPosner-Sunstein.PDF&rct=j&q=climate+change+justice+sunstein&ei=s1fySvTHAoKf8AbzjvHoAQ&usg=AFQjCNHHzcB-B5zKaYyASFLblR7oo5IUJg&sig2=EMLIdDBK4TsXHej9OauDhA

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