As I said here, Obamacare is the Progressive capstone to force otherwise Free people to take care of others – not out of kindness but out of fear. Progressives, being the incremental socialists they are, previously have pretty much co-opted what used to be genuinely charitable organizations (now called ‘social services organizations who pretty much grovel on their knees for any and all taxpayer funding; they have callouses on their kneecaps). Once again, they are using the idea of a “living wage” (which exists only in the minds of Marxist ideologues and economic illiterates) to further press the meme that The Proper Role of Government is to take care of you – and force any non-State entities to fall into that same line by any means possible. Doubt me? Look at how Progressives are now forcing companies to comply with their social issues as if they were mere extensions of their government intrusion into all aspects of our lives, thus fulfilling their mantra of “Politics is personal…the Personal is politics”.
A “living wage” – a Marxist construct that Progressives are using to further their social issue agenda (and this IS why republican political operatives, strategists, and politicians are absolutely wrong to tell us “drop the social issues”) to force others to be responsible for other peoples’ well being (Washington Examiner, emphasis mine):
But there is a big lie behind this seemingly reasonable argument, namely that the employer is responsible for providing a person’s basic needs, not the individual himself. The falsehood is further illuminated by this question: Who is responsible for providing for the employer’s basic needs? If the answer is the employer, then society has two classes and equality is just a politically convenient myth.
