Big Government cannot be your Big Daddy when daddy has no money.
Economic realities are beginning to bite. State governments and public institutions are going broke. Remember that stuff about “spending beyond our means?” Yup.
Depending on circumstances, we’re facing either hyperinflation or prolonged depression. That’s what happens when we become too dependent on the kindness of strangers, ah, Uncle Sam.
Remember that brain-dead “Guns and Butter” nonsense from the Vietnam years? Perhaps today’s equivalent would be something like “Smart Bombs and Medicare.” Whatever.
A huge public debt is being passed on to the next generation. Young workers will examine W-2s and re-examine policies. It’s a burden they are simply unable to pay.
Interesting how the euphoria surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall evaporated rather quickly on 9/11. Perhaps the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled something other than the “End of All History Triumph of Liberal Democracies.”
It could be a trend toward smaller republics or the end of the of the nation-state. Josh Levin presents some interesting possibilities in his Slate Magazine article: How is America going to End?
Freedom and liberty imply individual responsibility. The “Great Society” is not a free society. Who’s your daddy?
