Progressive Government: The New Center
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 27th, 2009 5:38 am by HL
Progressive Government: The New Center
The man can give a speech. Confident, relaxed, bold, serious, President Obama made his case to the American people with boffo reviews from all who saw it no matter what their party allegiance. And his case was a clear and bold statement of the need for progressive government as the vital instrument to move us out of this crisis and into the future. The recovery plan to put people back to work. Banking reform and “new rules of the road” to get banks working once more. The mortgage initiative to help homeowners stay in their homes. But more, the need for sustained public investment and leadership to move us into the future with new energy, reform of our broken health care system, and provision of a world class education from birth to a career for every child.
GOP Keeps Avoiding Its Fiscal ‘Principles’
How big should government be? The answer is: As big as it has to be — and for small-government types, no bigger than it has to be. The whole debate about the proper size of government is a blind alley leading into a dead end. Government must grow at times of war or collapsing economy. It grows when there are lots of schoolchildren, elderly people or natural disasters. Government provides necessities that the private sector can’t. We can argue over what constitutes a necessity.
