Friday, October 17, 2008

A Democratic Super Majority?

In a sobering piece, the Wall Street Journal speculates on the consequences of a liberal super majority in Washington, were Obama to win the election and, as highly expected, the Democrats consolidate their majorities in Congress. Certainly, a prospect to fear.
In both 1933 and 1965, liberal majorities imposed vast expansions of government that have never been repealed, and the current financial panic may give today's left another pretext to return to those heydays of welfare-state liberalism. Americans voting for "change" should know they may get far more than they ever imagined.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122420205889842989.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

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