I for example believe that terrorism is a very important issue as well. I believe that economic growth matters a great deal, and I'm worried that reforms might be necessary to address certain issues like violence, or an ageing population, or rising health care costs. How sure are you that your "adult" Segolene is more eager to do something about them than Sarko?
Growth matters, but that will soon be superceded by issues linked to sustainability, resource scarcity and global climate change, and it will need to be defined in new ways - in particular in non-monetary ways.
Call that bias if you will. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
You know, the "war on terra" In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
For the record the Patriot Act and numerous other now-implemented draconian American policies were drafted and chomping at the bit before 9/11.
There is less of a real terrorism problem in the US than there is a "muslim" problem in Paris. Sure, USA Today might have you believe that the US is overrun with terrorists but it also would have you believe that every resident of a Paris suburb is a dirty, unemployed angry Muslim holy warrior.
