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No flies on them Freedom Fries

By Jim Stergios
August 17th, 2010

FEDERALISM

DIRIGISME

Huh? You’d think that I have that backwards, with the freedom-loving, federalist heritage that Americans love so much.

Try this chart published in the August 12th Economist showing central (for us federal) government spending as a percentage of overall public spending.

Statists and dirigistes is what we are. Makes you want to head across the pond, raise a glass of champagne and celebrate France’s undying commitment to liberte’!

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