Why Don't We Do It Like the Irish Do?

    We call this site Vermont Tiger as a sort of homage to the "Celtic Tiger."  Ireland's marvelous transformation from the basket case of (old) Europe to its most dynamic economy could -- one fondly hopes -- serve as a model and inspiration to Vermont.  We're green, too, after all.
    They are about to have an election in Ireland and Wall Street Journal columnist, Kyle Wingfield , reports (no link available) that voters are well satisfied but not complacent. 

    The steady-as-she-goes Irish consensus owes largely to the spectacular growth experienced by the Celtic Tiger. Since a recession in 1986, when one in six Irishmen was out of work and the country was almost bankrupt, Ireland's economy has nearly quadrupled in size. GDP growth has averaged more than 6% a year over the past 20 years, spurred in large part by the government's tax-slashing. Unemployment has plummeted, down to 4.4% last year. Once one of the poorest countries in Europe, Ireland today has a per-capita GDP second only to Luxembourg.

    Wouldn't you like just a little taste of that?  Starting with the "tax slashing."