Vol. 36, No. 11
June 8, 2020
Correction, Please!
Removing Regulatory Barriers Essential for Fighting Coronavirus, Rebooting Economy
Item: The New York Times for May 2 ran a piece entitled “The New Great Depression Is Coming. Will There Be a New New Deal?,” with a subtitle that declared: “After the coronavirus, political transformation may be inevitable.” The “need to rebuild the country comes with opportunities,” asserted opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg.
“At this point,” she pronounced, “even many Republicans acknowledge that the era of small government is over. (‘Big-Government Conservatives Mount Takeover of G.O.P.,’ said a recent Politico headline.) In such an environment, ambitious progressive ideas that once seemed implausible, at least in the short term, start to become more imaginable.”
The Times columnist continued: “‘I do think there’s an F.D.R. moment,’ said Senator Edward Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts and co-author of the Green New Deal resolution, which calls for a huge new public works program to build environmentally sustainable infrastructure. ‘... we can see that it is now time to discuss universal child care, universal sick leave and a guaranteed income for everyone in our society.’”
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