The Reality Moment

“Out of Britain, a thoughtful call for efficient govt. Great column by David Brooks, NYT http://bit.ly/14nrZK”

"Here, Democrats still get ahead by promising tax cuts for the bottom 98 percent and Republicans get ahead by promising tax cuts for all and Medicare cuts for none."

HUNH?

George Osborne: “it is because we treat those who work in our public sector with respect that I want to be straight with you about the choices we face.”

David Brooks: "The key is that Osborne is not merely offering pain, but a different economic vision — different from Labour and different from the Thatcherism that was designed to meet the problems of the 1980s."

David Brooks: "In the U.S., the economic crisis has caused many to question capitalism. But Britain has discredited the center-left agenda with its unrelenting public spending, its public development agencies and disappointing public-private investment partnerships."

A residual rural/suburban bias carried the election for the conservatives. Labour decisively lost. The Conservatives rule in a coalition with the runner up, The Liberal Democrats. The forecast pain has not been imposed though the governance of the National Health has been delegated to the local level.

David Brooks is distorting the facts and making statements in advance of results. His opinions dominate his reasoning.