After ranting about how “illegal immigration is modern-day slavery,” Beck compares himself to Ben Franklin Written by Media Matters Staff Published 10/09/09 6:50 PM EDT From the October 9 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck: Video file Previously: Beck: “modern day slave state” being constructed out of ACORN, SEIU, student loans, census and service initiatives Beck: “The government's irresponsible spending is turning us into slaves” Beck says he can “make a case” Rathke brothers are “enslaving people through ACORN” Tax deduction change latest Obama proposal Beck claims “involves enslaving people” Beck: “You know what this president is doing right now? He is addicting this country to heroin-the heroin that is government slavery.” Beck says of stimulus package: “It is slavery” Beck again compares recovery bill to slavery Does Glenn Beck support the slave trade or is he just an “idiot”?