Europhilia in the Republican Party

Herman Cain wants to make the US tax code more like a typical European country (i.e., less progressive, broad base, more consumption based). I agree with this.

Rick Perry’s fascination with a model of strong states and a weak, mostly coordinating, centre could have as its model, the European Union. Even the hard money advocates, like Perry and Boehner, could be interpreted as saying “we want the Fed to be more like the ECB”.

I have to conclude that there is an undercurrent of closet europhilia in the Republican Party.

Herman Cain wants to make the US tax code more like a typical European country (i.e., less progressive, broad base, more consumption based). I agree with this. Rick Perry's fascination with a model of strong states and a weak, mostly coordinating, centre could have as its model, the European Union. Even the hard money advocates, ...