The elections over the weekend in Europe left the Left in this country shaking their heads, I'm sure. No sooner did we follow the Europeans' lead toward socialism, than they turn around and head back toward conservatism. Will we follow? Not likely - at least not yet.
According to CBS, on April 15, 2009:
An astonishing 43.4 percent of Americans now pay zero or negative federal income taxes. The number of single or jointly-filing "taxpayers"... who pay no taxes or receive government handouts has reached 65.6 million, out of a total of 151 million.
Those numbers come from an analysis published yesterday by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. Neither is a low-tax or conservative advocacy group...
People not liable for income taxes are not likely to vote against a party that sees them as "victims," and is more interested in playing Robin Hood than in helping them achieve the American Dream. The "victims" will usually go with the Party that offers them a hand out rather than a hand up.
Daniel Hannan, in his Blog today, offers 10 conclusions on the 2009 European Elections. Here's a link:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/daniel_hannan/blog/2009/06/08/2009_european_elections_ten_conclusions
