Post Tagged with: "big government"

by Prof. Patrick Garry: With respect to providing for upward mobility, the most important social mobility function a government can perform may be that of education. But in the field of higher education, the federal government may not be an ally of the young people who most need that education. […]

by Prof. Patrick Garry: Perhaps the clearest distinction between the liberal and conservative political philosophies lies in their respective focus on government as the essential booster and protector of the working and middle classes.  As Democratic Senator Charles Schumer said, a belief in government is “what unites the Democratic party,” […]

by Prof. Patrick Garry: The argument used by liberals since the New Deal is that a bigger federal government is a necessary aid to the poor and average American.  It is as if government and the private economy represent two, mutually opposed constituencies.  The economy serves the rich and powerful, […]

by Prof. Patrick Garry: Job creation at every level.  The ability of every parent to choose the school his or her child attends.  A greater mobility for those at the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.  A reformed and more affordable higher education system.  Targeted tax relief for low-income workers […]

Promising Upward Mobility for Every Step of the Economic Ladder by Prof. Patrick Garry: At the crux of the conservative view of America is the promise of economic mobility and opportunity for individuals at every step of society’s economic ladder.  Given recent economic developments during the Obama era, however, conservatives […]

by Carine Martinez-Gouhier: They say the first impression is the one that counts. This may come as a surprise, but my first impression of Detroit was good. It was not thanks to the government but to free enterprise and the hard work and aspirations to a better life of individual Detroiters. […]

by Prof. Patrick Garry: Modern conservatism may be in a process of transformation.  Ever since the 2012 elections, more and more conservatives have been calling for a revival of the concerns that occupied earlier stages of American conservatism: a recognition of work as the foundation of society and the economy; […]

by Kathleen Hunker: Whenever I visit my local shopping mall during the Christmas Season, I am treated to the very best and the very worst of human nature. The worst rears its head in the parking lot; the best reveals itself in the Salvation Army bell ringers, Toys for Tots, […]

by Prof. Patrick Garry: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is historic in several ways.  It marks an unprecedented expansion of an over-indebted federal government into a huge part of the American economy.  It intrudes in unprecedented ways into the personal health care decisions of individuals.  And the implementation of the […]

by Zachary Bartsch: There is a case to be made for respecting property rights. And we don’t even have to get religious about it.Whether it’s oppressive taxes, crippling regulation, or simple theft, we’re all worse off when we remove the moral constraints of social interaction. I don’t know whether rights exist. That’s a tough question. But […]