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KRAUTHAMMER: Well, remember they're not the same as us because it was the more independent ones, the ones who didn't like the strictures of government, the regulations, the religious oppression, who came here. This spirit of being independent and not wanting to be controlled by the government is something that is intrinsic in America, it's the essence of America, it's what distinguishes Americans who are essentially refugees of the old society in Europe. That's why it's always been harder to make Americans break to the yoke of government as happened in Europe. Once you get accustomed to the kinds of entitlements that you have in Sweden, England, France, elsewhere, it doesn't get undone. And America is different--it's resisting the imposition of new yokes. And that's what's happening today. That