The Era of small government is over

     With apologies to Bill Clinton, today's post is about the positivity of big government in leveling the playing field for all of us.

     I have maintained for many years that in a time of global mega corporations we need a government with the size and scope to give the average man or woman a say in how the economy works for them.  The flood of new programs proposed by the Biden administration include perhaps the most consequential benefits for parents ever.   Free preschool for 3-4 year old children.   Child care credits and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave  are also among Biden's ambitious family plan proposals.  As Paul Krugman points out in today's NYT, if this bill is passed and the benefits are widely distributed, repealing them would cause a seismic electoral backlash against Republicans.   Even their arguments against the provisions in the Family Plan are mostly nonsense.

     We need a government run by trusted public servants who can go toe to toe with business interests who would continue the subjugation of the American worker.  Giving workers the ability to nurture and care for their families is an integral part of modern democracies.  It is about time we recognize that indisputable fact.