"Laissez-Faire is Finished" - Sarkozy

So might as well be pimping the French government-owned nuclear plants to the Freedonias of the world. We're certainly a long way from the State of the Union speech that Bill Clinton gave telling us the era of big government was over.

Yes, the Democrats, especially the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) types, like the Clintons, have also been screwing us around these past few decades on this point. It's one of the reasons that Ralph Nader felt compelled to run halfway seriously for President back in 2000 instead of sticking to his inside the Beltway consumer focused non-electoral politics.

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'Laissez-faire is Finished' Says EC Chair Pte Sarkozy - Mercopress - 25 Sep 08

"'Laissez-faire is finished, the all-powerful market that is always right, that's finished,' Sarkozy said in a widely anticipated speech, his first in France on the economic crisis.

As a result, it is 'necessary to rebuild the entire global financial and monetary system from the bottom up, the way it was done at Bretton Woods after World War II' Sarkozy said.

President Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address as Delivered - Nara.gov

"We know big government does not have all the answers. We know there's not a program for every problem. We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.

The era of big government is over."

"Laissez-Faire is Finished" - Sarkozy

So might as well be pimping the French government-owned nuclear plants to the Freedonias of the world. We're certainly a long way from the State of the Union speech that Bill Clinton gave telling us the era of big government was over.

Yes, the Democrats, especially the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) types, like the Clintons, have also been screwing us around these past few decades on this point. It's one of the reasons that Ralph Nader felt compelled to run halfway seriously for President back in 2000 instead of sticking to his inside the Beltway consumer focused non-electoral politics.

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'Laissez-faire is Finished' Says EC Chair Pte Sarkozy - Mercopress - 25 Sep 08

"'Laissez-faire is finished, the all-powerful market that is always right, that's finished,' Sarkozy said in a widely anticipated speech, his first in France on the economic crisis.

As a result, it is 'necessary to rebuild the entire global financial and monetary system from the bottom up, the way it was done at Bretton Woods after World War II' Sarkozy said.

President Clinton's 1996 State of the Union Address as Delivered - Nara.gov

"We know big government does not have all the answers. We know there's not a program for every problem. We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.

The era of big government is over."

Tina Vey as Sarah Palin - Part Tres

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin in VP Debate on SNL (VIDEO) - Huffington Post - 04 Oct 08

Tina Vey as Sarah Palin - Part Tres

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin in VP Debate on SNL (VIDEO) - Huffington Post - 04 Oct 08