Friday, August 5, 2011

Obama Has Nearly Achieved His European Welfare State - Forbes.com

Obama Has Nearly Achieved His European Welfare State - Forbes.com: "The debt-ceiling brouhaha diverts attention from the most fundamental economic issue we face: Do we want a European-style welfare state? If we do, how in the world are we going to pay for it?

Presidential candidate Barack Obama called for 'hope and change,' but he was deliberately vague on the 'fundamental change' part. In speeches as president both at home and abroad, he appeared to reject American exceptionalism and intimated we have much to learn from Europe, especially its cradle-to-grave welfare state."

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