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Article: The price of a free society: liberty itself as well as security and prosperity, requires effective government. It's time to make that case, without apology.(REDEEMING GOVERNMENT)
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- The American Prospect
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- May 1, 2005
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THESE ARE TIMES THAT TRY LIBERAL spirits. On one side, the Bush administration has taken up the agenda of the Christian right and sought to use the power of the state to shape how Americans live and die. On the other, it is undermining many of the positive accomplishments of government, such as Social Security, labor and environmental regulation, consumer protections, and federal responsibilities for health care. Some of the challenges are overt, as in the privatization of Social Security. Others are less conspicuous, as in the quiet abandonment of regulatory enforcement. Conservatives love the Bush tax cuts because they have set us on a fiscal course that makes severe ...
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