Today voters in Poland resoundingly rejected the ruling socialist Democratic Left Alliance (DLA). The Polish can thank their socialist buddies for the highest European unemployment rate which stands at 17.8%. Two center right parties got a combined 54.6% of the vote, while the previously ruling DLA got a mere 11.1%. These two winning parties have run on a platform of free-market economics. One of the winning parties is in favor of a 15% flat tax. (Way to go!) While the old socialist government was planning to pull out of Iraq, the government says they would reconsider if offered “a new contract” with the U.S. Sounds like aid bribes to me…
An interesting twist to this plot is that the conservative who will be the new Prime Minister is a twin brother to the leading candidate for the Presidential elections in a few months.
I mentioned a while ago that it looked like Germany was going to do the same thing: kick out the liberals with their massive entitlement programs, massive unemployment, and massive government. It turns out the pundits were right. They kicked ‘em out. However, even though they (the liberals) lost, they are insisting that they really didn’t lose and are trying to cling to power. (Hmm, does that sound familiar or what?) This “regime change” in Germany looks to brings some great Conservative reform to their bloated, protectionist system.
My sources for the first paragraph are all drawn from a WaPo article. The WaPo site is down for maintenance, so I can’t provide a link.
5 Responses
September 27th, 2005 at 7:28 am
Just a thought for you to think about. Have you ever thought about it that Jesus was liberal?
September 27th, 2005 at 9:00 am
*groan*
I don’t know whether you saw our earlier discussion and are being facetious, or whether you are here for the first time and are asking the question openly. (I would probably guess the latter becuase I like to think the best of people.
Anyway, in answer to your question, yup, I’ve thought about it quite, quite, extensively. At least if you call 192 comments (some as long as my arm) extensive…
September 27th, 2005 at 12:26 pm
That was nice of you, Hans. I’m not sure we want to pick up that thread again for a while. BTW, congrats on the MennoDiscuss forum. It has really taken off! Of course, our blogs may suffer because we are all surfing from thread to thread over there!
September 28th, 2005 at 6:10 am
good stuff man. like the site
September 28th, 2005 at 8:49 am
Thanks, T.K.!
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