Progressivism is a failure no matter what outright lies, propaganda and violence they use to advance their failed ideology.
In 2009 Obama called on us to emulate Spain, he explained how Spain had created all of these new "green jobs" and greened their industry and this was the wave of the future.
Four years later Spain has 26% unemployment, 55% among its youth and weekly riots. Spain has no hope of emerging from this depression anytime soon and Spain , Italy, Portugal, Greece, and several others are all in the same progressive inspired economic Titanic.
Progressivism, a classic recipe fro failure and misery.
Almost a decade ago, Europeans and many progressive Americans were lamenting how the United States was going to miss out on the 21st-century paradigm symbolized by the robust European Union. Neanderthal Americans were importing ever more oil while waging a costly "war on terror" and fighting two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our budget deficit in 2003 hit $374 billion.
The EU avoided foreign conflicts and embraced soft power. Its declining military budgets and centralized transnational government ensured that it could address global warming and fund ever-expanding entitlements. Even the poorer Mediterranean nations reached new heights of prosperity. The Greek economy...
UPDATE: Just now heard on America's Morning News that Spain has an unemployment rate of 55%!!!!!
1/24/13 at 7:28 AM