Our Fantasy Nation?

[mgc1961]

With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals.

It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent of the people pay any taxes. Government is limited, so that burdensome regulations never kill jobs.

This society embraces traditional religious values and a conservative sensibility. Nobody minds school prayer, same-sex marriage isn’t imaginable, and criminals are never coddled.

The budget priority is a strong military, the nation’s most respected institution. When generals decide on a policy for, say, Afghanistan, politicians defer to them. Citizens are deeply patriotic, and nobody burns flags.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/opinion/05kristof.html?_r=1&hp

[phantom power]

1. Reminds me of a similar comment about Somalia -- Libertarian Paradise

[phantom power]

2. "I’ve always made fun of these countries, but now I see ..."

I’ve always made fun of these countries, but now I see echoes of that pattern of privatization of public services in America. Police budgets are being cut, but the wealthy take refuge in gated communities with private security guards. Their children are spared the impact of budget cuts at public schools and state universities because they attend private institutions.

:(

[ladjf]

3. Germany was a 'fantasy" Nation during the 1930's. Look how they

turned out.