Make no mistake, President Barack Obama, with his massive stimulus package and $3.6 trillion budget proposal, has cast himself as a leader who believes populism is a philosophy whose time has come in America, Baton Rouge Business Report columnist J.R. Ball writes.
By his own admission, Obama is a populist crusader who believes 1] only government [and its remarkable ability to spend well beyond its means] can solve what ails this country and 2] it’s time for some wealth redistribution, with corporate America and the rich ponying up to lift the lot of the poor and lower-middle class.
Guess what? A bevy of opinion polls show much of America buys into Obama’s vision of a Europe-like future. To read the full column, click here.
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