BACK WHEN I WAS AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR, I Was always amazed to hear faculty members complain that the United States was not more like Europe. They were enamored with the cradle-to-grave entitlements of the European welfare state.
Every society tries to find a balance between liberty and security. Europe has chosen to put more weight in security and subjects the individual to the needs of the collective. America is different. We value liberty highest, and this commitment to the individual is what makes America unique.
Our Founding Fathers designed a constitutional system based on the rule of law to protect the individual from an overbearing federal government. The …