encroachment of socialism

by Alan Caruba:

For really childlike idiocy though, one need only cast their eyes in the direction of Europe. Despite the glaring example of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Europeans cling to their belief that a socialist economy is the answer to what Wall Street Journal columnist, Bret Stephens, described as the “economic stagnation, policy paralysis, and national bankruptcy on the continental scale we are witnessing today."
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It’s called Communism or Socialism and it has never worked, not in the last century, nor in this one.


http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2012/05/world-as-giant-playpen.html