Why we must continue to fight

France is headed for the trash heap. Chirac has given up on the reforms to labor laws that would have made it easier for companies to fire young workers. I'm not completely familiar with their current law, but my understanding is that it is so onerous that French companies minimize new hiring, leading to high rates of unemployment. The failure of these reforms must be considered a huge victory for the socialists and unions, if I can be redundant, and a major blow for any thought that France will recover from attempts to step back from the chasm.

This is but more proof that we in the United States must be constantly vigilant against any changes that lead us down the slipperly slope to socialism, but I fear that we simply don't have the stomach for it. Like any new intrusion by government into our private affairs, they all start out sounding good. "Universal Health Care" - now there's something that's easy to like. Yet once implemented, like all other intrusions, it will be virtually impossible to get rid of if, as expected, it turns out to be a boondoggle. There are many other examples, including the medicare drug program and social security.

We're on the road to being like France, my friends. I only pray that we can learn from the situation in France before it's too late.