With the welfare states of the European Union insolvent, they're being forced to cut back on their cradle-to-grave giveaways. As former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once cannily observed, "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money," which is precisely where the EU finds itself today.
Greece was the first to fall; in order to obtain the bailout funding necessary for its continued survival as a nation, its leaders have had to accept that the good times are gone, and to embark upon what are (for them) unthinkable austerity measures, such as pension reductions and extending the time-frame for qualification. The average Greek citizen, having been spoon-fed a pack of lies for as long as he can remember, is understandably enraged that the goodies they've been promised won't be delivered after all - or will be significantly reduced. Their response, of course, has involved anti-government protests and even riots, which will accomplish nothing because, quite simply, they've run out of other peoples' money.
Spain has been desperately attempting to head off disaster of Grecian proportions: once the world leader in installation of so-called "green" technologies, they've pulled the plug on all such projects because they don't pencil out - the subsidies required to maintain that "green" cachet far outstrip the energy saved or produced by the projects. Even so, their triple-A credit rating has been downgraded, and they're in a mad scramble to cut costs even further in the hope of halting the downward economic spiral and avoiding further hits to their credit rating.
Portugal and Italy seem to be essentially whistling along, hoping that nobody will notice that they're out of other peoples' money as well. The value of the Euro has been dropping, and leaders of the more industrialized nations have been muttering about exiting the Union altogether.
Yet here in America, the Democratic leaders (bless their pointy little heads) continue to follow the Europeans in their continuing push toward socialism; demonstrating very clearly a pathological incapacity - they are unable to learn from the mistakes of others, and insist that Americans must repeat those mistakes. Almost daily, they illustrate why it is the duty of Americans to do whatever they can to protect the USA from Democrats.
