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To Promote the General Welfare - The Case for Big Government (Hardcover)
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To Promote the General Welfare - The Case for Big Government (Hardcover)
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Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of
anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the
founders of the nation. But the election of Barack Obama has
created a backlash rivaled only by the anti-government hysteria
that preceded the Civil War.
Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact:
the federal government plays a central role in making our society
function, and it always has. Edited by Steven Conn and written by
some of America's leading scholars, the essays in To Promote the
General Welfare explore the many ways government programs have
improved the quality of life in America. The essays cover
everything from education, communication, and transportation to
arts and culture, housing, finance, and public health. They explore
how and why government programs originated, how they have worked
and changed--and been challenged--since their inception, and why
many of them are important to preserve.
The book shows how the WPA provided vital, in some cases
career-saving, assistance to artists and writers like Jackson
Pollock, Dorothea Lange, Richard Wright, John Cheever, and scores
of others; how millions of students from diverse backgrounds have
benefited and continue to benefit from the G.I. Bill, Fulbright
scholarships, and federally insured student loans; and how the
federal government created an Interstate highway system
unparalleled in the world, linking the entire nation. These are
just a few examples of highly successful programs the book
celebrates--and that anti-government critics typically ignore.
For anyone wishing to explore the flip side of today's vehement
attacks on American government, To Promote the General Welfare is
the best place to start.
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