In short, Europeans will not allow Bush’s Iraq war to become a war on their welfare state. What makes the energy imposed as a tax substitution tax particularly attractive as a defense measure is that it leaves the welfare state intact while making Europe safer, greener, and richer.
简而言之，欧洲人不会允许布什的伊拉克战争成为对他们的福利国家的战争。让作为税收替代的能源税尤其作为防务措施具有吸引力的地方是，它在让欧洲更为安全、环保而且富有的同时保持福利国家毫发无损。那么还要等待什么呢？