I wonder what is the task of a political leader?  This site:
http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/0681JacksonPaganOriginsChristMyth.html

...talks about ancient cultures which perceived the annual die-in-winter and resurrect-for-spring cycle as a spiritual indication that the current leader (sun/king) should be put down (killed, in many cases) and replaced / renewed.

While men - well, male politicians - seem to have little problem with imposing their views on others using brute force and violence (let’s call it ‘legislating’), women seem to be more into nurturing.

Austrian Economics has taught me that the people’s acceptance of the use of brute force to collect resources (ie taxes) shifts motvation from the improvement of things (what else can I do to make people like and value me?) to the protection of them (sign this disclaimer) and aggression to get them (litigation, lobbying, deceit).  So I task leaders - especially female leaders since they seem to get the idea that honey works better than vinegar - with the dismantling of these accepted structures of brute force.

My bet is on Merkel.  Her first task is to study enough on her own to realize that she is now part of a parasitic and cancerous beast which drags Germany’s economy down along with the rest of Europe and the world.  By then, she will have quit, I’m sure.  She got into office, I believe, under the impression that tax revenue should be large and that progress means making it larger.  Learning that the opposite is more accurate is likely an impossible task for her.

Bachelet and Johnson-Sirleaf are or will be heading up countries with far less developed tax-collection schemes, and so the task of converting to voluntary support of the government, should they accept that task (doubtful), will be less difficult.

Thanks for the interesting web site.

It is true that Germany, Western Europe and the USA may be slowly suffocating with the grip of the tax demon at their throats and all the rules and regulations that control every walk of life of their populace. Brute force, as you call it - not so much with AK 47’s but killing initiative, innovation and self-respect with their laws. The history teacher of my son put it aptly,when he said: Europe and the USA don’t realise it, but they live in the biggest prison on earth - a prison of their own making. 

In Africa, however, the rule of law and tax is very much a matter of the gun. The little income the African countries have (compared to the Western World) is deposited into the private bank accounts of Switserland, is spent on weapons (guess who supplies these weapons!) and on the glorification of the leaders of the day in the form of palaces and hideous demonstrations of wealth and power while their people suffer tremendously. Corruption is a way of life in Africa.

Guess there is not much to choose, is there?