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An interesting article by pundit David Brooks - looking at the long term possibilities for Obama successes and how many of the accomplishments so far are not big vs small government but instead use government "to help set a context for private sector risk-taking and community initiative."
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".... When I put on that magic (liberal Democrat) jacket today, I feel beleaguered but kind of satisfied. I feel beleaguered because the political winds are blowing so ferociously against ?my? party. But I feel satisfied because the Democrats have overseen a bunch of programs that, while unappreciated now, are probably going to do a lot of good in the long run. .....
the Obama administration has done a number of (widely neglected) things that scramble the conventional categories and that are good policy besides. The administration has championed some potentially revolutionary education reforms. It has significantly increased investments in basic research. It has promoted energy innovation and helped entrepreneurs find new battery technologies. It has invested in infrastructure ? not only roads and bridges, but also information-age infrastructure like the broadband spectrum. .....
Not much is going to get passed in the next two years anyway, but the president could lay the groundwork for a whopping second-term agenda: tax simplification, entitlement reform, a new wave of regional innovation clusters, a new wave of marriage-friendly tax policies. ......
Eventually, I see a party breaking out of old stereotypes, appealing to entrepreneurs and suburbanites again, and I start feeling good about the future. Then I take off the magic green jacket and return to my old center-right self. A chill sweeps over me: Gosh, what if the Democrats really did change in that way?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/opinion/27brooks.html?emc=eta1
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An interesting article by pundit David Brooks - looking at the long term possibilities for Obama successes and how many of the accomplishments so far are not big vs small government but instead use government "to help set a context for private sector risk-taking and community initiative."
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".... When I put on that magic (liberal Democrat) jacket today, I feel beleaguered but kind of satisfied. I feel beleaguered because the political winds are blowing so ferociously against ?my? party. But I feel satisfied because the Democrats have overseen a bunch of programs that, while unappreciated now, are probably going to do a lot of good in the long run. .....
the Obama administration has done a number of (widely neglected) things that scramble the conventional categories and that are good policy besides. The administration has championed some potentially revolutionary education reforms. It has significantly increased investments in basic research. It has promoted energy innovation and helped entrepreneurs find new battery technologies. It has invested in infrastructure ? not only roads and bridges, but also information-age infrastructure like the broadband spectrum. .....
Not much is going to get passed in the next two years anyway, but the president could lay the groundwork for a whopping second-term agenda: tax simplification, entitlement reform, a new wave of regional innovation clusters, a new wave of marriage-friendly tax policies. ......
Eventually, I see a party breaking out of old stereotypes, appealing to entrepreneurs and suburbanites again, and I start feeling good about the future. Then I take off the magic green jacket and return to my old center-right self. A chill sweeps over me: Gosh, what if the Democrats really did change in that way?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/opinion/27brooks.html?emc=eta1
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