Apr 26, 2009 -
April 24, 2009
Obama: The Grand Strategy
By Charles Krauthammer
WASHINGTON -- Unified theory of Obamaism, final installment:
In the service of his ultimate mission -- the leveling of social inequalities -- President Obama offers a tripartite social democratic agenda: nationalized health care, federalized education (ultimately guaranteed through college) and a cash-cow carbon tax (or its equivalent) to subsidize the other two.
Problem is, the math doesn't add up. Not even a carbon tax would pay for Obama's vastly expanded welfare state.
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