[lbryce]

Excellent point. As the philosopher Santana is given credit for saying; those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.They've got quite a long history to have learned some sort of lesson.

[driftless2]

The words and wisdom behind the saying “there is no such thing as a free lunch” should be explained to the citizens of all the nations of the world. That should be on the banners of all the sane parties, if any exist, in those European socialists paradises.