food for thought

[Azazello1313]

The End of Big Government Liberalism

 

For the past 65-70 years—and especially for the past 30 years since the end of the civil rights argument—American politics has been dominated by controversy over the size and scope of the welfare state. Today, that argument is largely over with liberals having largely won. The size of the US public sector is still going to look low by international standards, but this will be a bit misleading since the way the structure of the Affordable Care Act works is to use public money and public regulation to leverage a lot of formally private money. In practice, the United States will still be a small government country compared to Sweden or Denmark or France (which combines Danish-style taxes with a below-the-waterline iceberg of hidden state-directed economic activity), but not compared to the United Kingdom or Spain.

 

Due to the bill’s almost comically delayed implementation, for several years we’re still going to have a lot of political tussling over it. And even once it’s in place, the system will continue to be debated and tweaked for years to come. But over time, I think American politics will come to look quite different and we’ll look back on this day as a turning point.

 

The crux of the matter is that progressive efforts to expand the size of the welfare state are basically done.

 

I guess for me the question is, do we try to turn that ship around, or do we sit back for 10 or 20 more years and become greece?

[Square]

I for one say, Say No To Socialism!

[evil_gop_liars]

I for one say, Say No To Socialism!

 

 

Don't let WV see that.

[Square]

 

Don't let WV see that.

Meh, he has as much of a sense of humor as any of the politicos around here. But just for the heck of it, Here is another one that I found humorous...

[The Irish Doggy]

The crux of the matter is that progressive efforts to expand the size of the welfare state are basically done.

 

Oh, I'm sure some fool will think of something soon enough.

[darin3]