> Maybe Americans aren't irrational They are irrational because they want the healthcare and the retirement pensions and everything else but just don't want to

> Maybe Americans aren't irrational They are irrational because they want the healthcare and the retirement pensions and everything else but just don't want to be taxed for it. Which is why the U.S. has huge budget deficits. Or maybe they're just too credulous, believing the tripe sold to them by the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too brigade who keep lowering taxes but never decrease spending because otherwise they'd be voted out of office.