The wealthy are joining hands without regard to political affiliation to cut benefits that enjoy broad bipartisan support among everyone who is not rich.
But Mr Haarde has been told by EU bosses that unilateral action without the boring necessity of joining the EU first would wreck relations with Brussels.
The union afterwards welcomed the development, saying it would give teachers more time to get to know pupils joining the foundation phase without having to worry about assessment.
Joining us to talk about Rove, his legacy and the Bush administration without him is a former senior official who had top communications positions in both Bush administrations - Anna Perez.
Early ideas suggested blunting the nose of the plane to prevent the pressure waves joining up to form one intense shock wave, or lengthening the plane without increasing its weight to dampen the noise.
One such place is the developing world where nation-states are joining to deliver electricity to those 1.3 billion people who are now going without any power.
In any case, no British government could now consider signing up to the euro without first winning a referendum, and opinion polls have shown a fairly consistent two-to-one majority against joining the single currency.