Uncle Sam Wants to Cuddle ; Nanny-State Embrace Gets Tighter

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We have heard much recently about the "Europeanization" of America, particularly in the context of socialized health care or expanded environmental regulation. Yet few have noticed what is perhaps the most insidious instance of America becoming more like Europe: the growth of the nanny state and the collective infantilization of its citizens.

For an example of the nanny state run amok, look no further than our closest cultural neighbor, the United Kingdom. There, aristocratic disdain for the lower classes has been replaced by an outright ban on anything the nation's political masters deem inappropriate. Britain's Labor Party created a whopping 4,300 new offenses during its 13 years in government. Some are frivolous. Some are redundant. Almost all have, to an unprecedented extent, unnecessarily expanded government control over behavior that should be governed by common sense.

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Uncle Sam Wants to Cuddle ; Nanny-State Embrace Gets Tighter

No wonder government spending skyrocketed in the United Kingdom. Laws seeped and snuck into the fabric of British society without much opposition because they weren't recognized as the t...

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