The Truth Will Set Us Free from Anti-Government Rhetoric

newdeal20.org — The way to talk about the purpose and value of government and be persuasive is simply to tell the truth. This has been in short supply over the last generation. To the contrary, government has been demonized in much discourse. It has at least, to coin a new verb, been “skepticized.” Trust in government now is very low. But trust in government has been falling on balance since the late 1960s and took an especially large hit in the 1970s. The nation hasn’t truly regained its confidence in it ever since. In fact, the nation has been vulnerable to mythology and misinformation that has seriously damaged America’s future. There are many such myths, but the primary one is that any social program or any increase in government spending dampens economic growth. It is simply not true.

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