The trouble is that enlarging the European Union to the east, which Mr Fischer strongly endorses, implies solving awholeheapof budget and farming problems first.
Given the relatively low monetization rates of the Federal Reserve and U.S. private banks now versus the 1970s, a recipe for awholeheapof inflation in America.
Here is what we got for our tax dollars: automated feeder monitors and switches, a few widgets for the transmission system and awholeheapof smart meters.