Why "faith-based" is here to stay: the broad shift in strategy for providing services
In: Policy review, Heft 157, S. ca. 10 S
In: Policy review, Heft 157, S. ca. 10 S
World Affairs Online
In: Dissent: a quarterly of politics and culture, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 88-91
ISSN: 1946-0910
The start of the twenty-first century finds America in a perilous state that many consider to be a turning point in our history, one that could lead to a painful decline in living standards. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans believe that today's children will not fare better than their parents did, and many will fare worse. Such pessimism is justified. Between the slow decline of average wages and benefits since the late 1970s, and the huge overhang of consumer and public debt, there seems to be nowhere to turn for prosperity. Much attention is focused on health care, education, and retirement, systems in deep crisis as the costs of these critical life-cycle needs have risen far beyond both the earning and saving capacity of average households and the spending capacity of government at current tax levels.
In: Theoria: a journal of social and political theory, Band 55, Heft 115, S. 32-63
ISSN: 1558-5816
In: Dissent: a quarterly of politics and culture, Band 55, Heft 3, S. 59-66
ISSN: 1946-0910
In the fall of 1964, Ronald Reagan went on national television to tell the American people about a growing tyranny in their midst, "subtler, but no less dangerous" than Soviet communism. He also told them to cast their presidential vote for Barry Goldwater, who was ready to tame this new political beast and put a stop to those people who would "trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state." Now known simply as "The Speech," it was a performance that launched the extreme right wing of the country from the political margins into the highest seats of government. The resulting political realignment sharply affected how wealth and power are distributed in our society. Less often noted than his frightening analogies with communism was Reagan's view that the welfare state violated the "freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers." As Reagan declared in The Speech, "The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing."