Funny how that is.
The Lexington column in the Economist this week outlines the argument by many politicians that the US is becoming more like Europe in terms of government policies. He goes on to lay out why that is not the case except in one very important way.
That way is the very reason I started writing this blog. Europeans don't know how to compromise very well when it comes to difficult political decisions and can carry outright hate into such discussions. He fears that the U.S. focus on "my way or the highway" from the Tea Party and Hard Left is permeating the middle as exhibited by the lack of willingness to compromise in Washington. This is setting the U.S. down that familiar European road for good.
We will see if a Grand Bargain is possible and whether the Congress starts to process Presidential appointments so the government can function.
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