Monday, August 8, 2011

In Defense of Partisan Politics - Brookings Institution

In Defense of Partisan Politics - Brookings Institution:
"What you see (or vote for) is what you get. As America becomes parliamentary, if voters elect a Republican president and


The U.S. Capitol is illuminated the night before the inauguration in Washington.


congressional majority, here’s a good bet: Tax cuts will be on the way. If voters elect a Democratic president and congressional majority—running on a party platform that declares universal health care to be a “moral imperative”—guess what? Health-care legislation to extend coverage will happen. Now, granted one can debate the policy merits of either party’s priorities. Robotic tax-cutting runs up deficits—and so almost certainly will health care that covers everybody. But if the voters have explicitly empowered their elected officials to do either of these things, who are “we” to stand in the way?

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