George Leef’s comment on today’s Wonderland piece by Daniel Henninger is well taken. I would like to point out what I think is a crucial observation in Henninger’s commentary. From the piece:
The United States doesn’t have Eurosclerosis yet, but the Democratic Party does. That’s because the party has welded itself forever to the public-sector unions, as the social democratic parties have in Europe (see the current wave of national strikes in Spain and France). Strong growth has no meaning to the public sector, so its foot soldiers don’t waste time pushing it. Exhibit A is the Obama administration’s abandonment of trade deals with Colombia, South Korea, and Panama. corrected
