About 12 years ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an op ed piece by the columnist Samuelson in which he reported that a group of intellectuals believe that American democracy has failed because it makes businesses uncompetitive, and therefore democracy here should be replaced by something else. I don't think the Wall Street Journal and such a respected columnist would lie about something like that so the group exists, although it seems to be keeping a low profile.
In the Wall Street Journal in general, America being uncompetitive means the complaints that US businesses are uncompetitive because wages are too high, because environmental regulations are too costly, and because health and safety regulations are too costly.
To change that completely would logically require an end to democracy, because otherwise the voters would become upset and elect liberals to return to what we have now.
There is a method of ending American democracy which has been discussed. During Watergate, the Los Angeles Times reported that President Nixon asked the Rand Corporation to evaluate what would happen if American elections were postponed due to social disorder. Then, in summer before the 2004 election, a Bush Administration spokesperson was reported by the media to have warned that the fall elections might have to be postponed due to terrorist threats to the polling places.
Jim
In the Wall Street Journal in general, America being uncompetitive means the complaints that US businesses are uncompetitive because wages are too high, because environmental regulations are too costly, and because health and safety regulations are too costly.
To change that completely would logically require an end to democracy, because otherwise the voters would become upset and elect liberals to return to what we have now.
There is a method of ending American democracy which has been discussed. During Watergate, the Los Angeles Times reported that President Nixon asked the Rand Corporation to evaluate what would happen if American elections were postponed due to social disorder. Then, in summer before the 2004 election, a Bush Administration spokesperson was reported by the media to have warned that the fall elections might have to be postponed due to terrorist threats to the polling places.
Jim
