The GOP’s Budget Hypocrisy

by Bill White March 31, 2015January 8, 2022

Some GOP leaders will work to meld the House and Senate budget resolutions during this spring recess, while most Republican members of Congress will be telling constituents that they made hard choices in order to balance the budget. Few will mention that their budget resolutions pave the way for Congress to spend $355 billion more […]

Books, Government, Magazine, November/December 2014

Let’s Pay for the Government We Get

by Bill White November 3, 2014January 8, 2022

Politics

“Pay As You Go” Medicare

by Bill White June 23, 2014January 9, 2022

Politics

Why Did Eric Cantor Just Put More Medicare Spending on the U.S. Credit Card?

by Bill White March 27, 2014January 9, 2022

Social Capital: Which U.S. Regions Are Bowling Alone?

You’ve probably heard of Bowling Alone, the hugely influential 2000 book diagnosing our country’s malaise by Robert Putnam, the Harvard University political scientist. In it, Putnam showed that Americans’ stock of social capital—the fabric of a community’s trust and cooperation—had been plummeting since the 1950s, and that its decline was harming our well-being, personal relationships, health, lifespan, and economic growth. In the quarter-century since the book received widespread attention, social trust, accepted norms, and community cohesion continue to come undone, paving the way for the rise of authoritarian populism and damage to the republic. Indeed, the number of people saying…

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