Greg Mankiw gives pretty good argument for other side - Blog of the Century:
The choice is stark. Republicans do not want to help the poor and unfortunate.
"Is it just me, or did Mankiw pen an argument for Obama here? I and other liberals are happy to have local governments discipline each other through competition. We’re happy to outsource and to use market mechanisms in other ways, where appropriate. President Obama’s “race to the top” is one example of such thinking.
It’s the other piece I’m trying to understand. Mankiw asks “if government’s job is also to remedy many of life’s inequities…” As if this were a puzzling question. Especially in these troubled times, I find it strange to wonder."
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