Fifth Generation

The Civic Platform party beat out the Conservative Party in Poland in their election for Prime Minister. The leader is Donald Tusk. He wants out of Iraq, but wants “the U.S. Patriot short range and anti-aircraft missile system . . . to beef up its own national defenses.” Ok.

While I don’t agree with their decision to get out of Iraq, I think that is I were in Poland I would vote for the Civic Platform Party. I think the Republican Party of the USA needs to become more economically liberal as in a classical liberal or what is more popularly known as libertarian. The newspapers are emphasizing how this party wants the troops out of Iraq, instead of their very libertarian ideas which is a shame. Poland is still a very close ally to the USA. With Russia as a neighbor they would be stupid not to be. In time, Donald Tusk will get a dose of reality. Politicians will say anything to get elected.

This is what the Civic Platform stands for: (from Wikipedia)

“Civic Platform is a Christian-democratic and liberal conservative party, combing liberal stances on the economy with conservative stances on social and ethical issues, including opposition to abortion gay marriage euthanasia and stem cell research.

Core proposals in the party program include:
flat tax (15% for personal income tax (PIT), corporate income tax (CIT) and VAT
privatization of the remaining public sectors of Polish economy privatization of health care
decentralization through allocating a larger portion of the budget for local governments
direct elections of mayors and regional governors
higher education reform with equal rights for private and public universities
expanding the teaching of economics in secondary schools
halving the number of MPs in the Sejm from 460 to 230 and depriving them of parliamentary immunity from prosecution
first-past-the-post electoral system instead of proportional representation
labor law reform to reduce the power of trade unions
independence over monetary policy by the National Bank of Poland”