Rant of the day: red panic

Juraj Javorsky says the gloves are off:

[Fico’s] most recent decisions have killed off all grounds for optimism. Bans on profits in health insurance, bans on pensions companies investing in shares, the appointment of a member of SMER as the health services regulator - these are not compromises between populism and pragmatism. This isn’t the psuedo-socialism of VAT relief for medicines. Fico has dropped all pretence and begun to show the power that allows him to implement any bonkers idea he has about the state, society and people. This will do direct harm to both firms and people.

But then again, what else do you expect from a business magazine (and an author who seems to mirror Dzurinda’s talking points from the lunchtime talkshows)? When are we actually going to limit the powers of the state so that instead of having to vote that some decent party gets elected, we can actually stop worrying about this class of clowns and take control of our own lives?