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When Voters Disrupt the Tea Party

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Nov 9, 2009 Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: The Return of Big Government?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2009 President Obama is gambling on America's readiness to embrace a larger, more comprehensive form of government, but will it take? "Recovering Republican" Arianna Huffington argues that the system Obama favors is currently working best for oligarchs, not those losing their homes or worried about their health care, while Tony Blankley thinks Big Pharma is pitching camp in the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paul Krugman: Big Government Prevented a Second Depression

BLANK Aug 10, 2009 The Nobel Prize-winning economist writes that "around a million more Americans are working now than would have been employed without that [stimulus] plan " He also argues that "it’s possible to be dissatisfied, even angry, about the way the financial bailouts have worked while acknowledging that without these bailouts things would have been much worse". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

California’s Silent Big Spenders

By Matt Welch May 29, 2009 Instead of making the positive case for big government, or at least beginning to explain, let alone defend, what Sacramento does with all that money, California's political class has instead opted for a four-pronged strategy: deny, scare, attack, then call for higher taxes. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Zachary Karabell on ‘The Case for Big Government’

BLANK Feb 20, 2009 Jeff Madrick’s new book insists that the anti-government ethos that is a treasured American prejudice is not grounded in the new economic reality. But is he fighting the last war? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

E.J. Dionne Jr.: Putting Iraq on the Credit Card

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Dec 16, 2006 Believe it or not, winning the war in Iraq was never the Bush administration's highest priority. Saving its tax cuts was more important. That was once spoken of as a moral problem. Now, it's a practical barrier to a successful outcome. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )