[over_bridge]

This is the trend everywhere in the Western world. At some point we need to think about what all those countries have in common and start making strategic choices to move away from it (hint: it starts with Reagan, Thatcher and other local equivalents in the 80s)

[drewcoo]

Neoliberalism in the Presidency here in the US started with Carter, a.k.a. "The Great Deregulator" in the 70s.

And it wasn't just adopted/pushed by one political party . . .