Ray,
Brooks is spot on -- mostly. America has always been behind Western
Europe in most things. Even in the department in which it presently
has a clear lead -- scientific research -- it has only been due to
stealing most of the very best brains of Europe for almost a century now.
However, I dispute one of Brook's opinions. He writes: "Maybe before
long our political leaders will actually summon the political will to
take on the special interests that defend these tax breaks." Bankrupt
Western European governments are already largely dysfunctional with
regard to taxation and the future viability of their welfare systems.
US Congress, having followed us down the welfare road so far, will
have to find its own answers. Maybe it will, maybe it won't. We don't
have any solutions so far.
Keith
At 07:23 24/02/2012, Ray wrote:
What a surprise. Something is happening.
REH
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/opinion/brooks-america-is-europe.html?hp>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/opinion/brooks-america-is-europe.html?hp
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