The Brussels Journal has an article about the health of the European social model. It points to various data to suggest that thing are far worse than we are led to believe. I sumise the writer is correct in light of the happenings in France. The only way France would move to erode the welfare state is if it is in dire straits. That they are seeking to make it simply possible to be fired and people are rioting beggars belief. This is England before Thatcher. The French policitians do not have Thatcher's iron and will fold like Superman on laundry day. The tragic result will be that the decline will continue until the Fifth Republic falls and a major shakeup saves them from themselves.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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