I suppose there's no reason why social safety nets and stifling heavy taxes and regulation need to go together, but in practice they do. In this country, the pe

I suppose there's no reason why social safety nets and stifling heavy taxes and regulation need to go together, but in practice they do. In this country, the people pushing for higher taxes and regulation are also supporting greater safety nets. So if you see them winning on one front, they are probably winning on all three.