Allen West email: Progressives introduced amendment to redistribute wealth
Joe Newby / Spokane Conservative Examiner
After taking heat for calling members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus "Communists," Rep. Allen West (R-FL) told supporters in a campaign fundraising email that progessives once introduced an amendment to redistribute wealth.
"The Progressive Caucus advocates for state control over industries, redistribution of wealth, reduced individual economic freedom and the destruction of free markets," the email said. "Members of this Caucus lavished praise on Fidel Castro following a 2009 visit to Cuba," he added.
"They have even introduced a Constitutional Amendment to redistribute wealth."
West, a Tea Party favorite, told radio talk show host Mark Levin the amendment was H. J. Res 34.
That resolution was introduced on February 13, 2007 by Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) but died in the House.
The resolution read:
"You can call them whatever you want, but the point is, they oppose free markets and individual economic freedom, they want to redistribute wealth, and they want to see the nation fundamentally transformed. Their policies are destructive and I will stand up to them regardless of the critics," West wrote in his email.
"The Progressive Caucus advocates for state control over industries, redistribution of wealth, reduced individual economic freedom and the destruction of free markets," the email said. "Members of this Caucus lavished praise on Fidel Castro following a 2009 visit to Cuba," he added.
"They have even introduced a Constitutional Amendment to redistribute wealth."
West, a Tea Party favorite, told radio talk show host Mark Levin the amendment was H. J. Res 34.
That resolution was introduced on February 13, 2007 by Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) but died in the House.
The resolution read:
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to taxing the people of the United States progressively.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:
`Article --
`Section 1. The Congress of the United States shall tax all persons progressively in proportion to the income which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the United States.
`Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce and implement this article by appropriate legislation.'.The resolution was introduced again in Feb 2011 by Rep. Jackson, and was referred to Committee. This time, the resolution has 28 co-sponsors, including Reps. John Conyers (D-MI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Hank Johnson (D-GA).
"You can call them whatever you want, but the point is, they oppose free markets and individual economic freedom, they want to redistribute wealth, and they want to see the nation fundamentally transformed. Their policies are destructive and I will stand up to them regardless of the critics," West wrote in his email.
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