Here’s a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing antigovernment crowd directly, the government-haters lose. This is what happened in two statewide referendums on November 3 that got buried under all of the attention paid to the governors’ races in Virginia and New Jer (...)
Columnists
‘The Perils of Too Little’
REMINDING VOTERS WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES FOR THEM
The remainder of this article is only available to paid subscribers. If you’re not currently a Commonweal subscriber in print or online, an online-only subscription costs just $34 a year. Click here for immediate access.
