40 years ago the US govt couldn't do anything remotely progressive because "THIS IS AMERICA! NOT COMMUNIST RUSSIA!"
Now it is because "We are not Sweden!"??? That is pretty pathetic, seems like evidence of some sort of decline or something.
-B.
^^^^^^ CB: Actually, the Soviet Union was more progressive than Sweden ( smile)
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Doug Henwood wrote:
GEITHNER SAYS `WE ARE THE UNITED STATES,' `NOT SWEDEN'"