This is a couple of days old, so it may have already posted. Still, it's very good.Op-Ed Columnist
Our Fantasy Nation?By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: June 4, 2011
With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals.
It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent of the people pay any taxes. Government is limited, so that burdensome regulations never kill jobs.
This society embraces traditional religious values and a conservative sensibility. Nobody minds school prayer, same-sex marriage isn’t imaginable, and criminals are never coddled.
The budget priority is a strong military, the nation’s most respected institution. When generals decide on a policy for, say, Afghanistan, politicians defer to them. Citizens are deeply patriotic, and nobody burns flags...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/opinion/05kristof.html?_r=1