It occurs to me, in the current economic crisis, and in public debt-ridden times to come, more than ever, discussions on public policy conclude in a shoulder-shrugging realization that we knew what to do about it. If only, we could afford to.
I’m getting tired of this resignation, be it in fighting climate change, in improving public education, or in helping out the weak, at home, and abroad.
I want a strong polity that can do these things. I want more, not less government. A better state.
How do we get there? We do what we used to be able to do: we reclaim our responsibility to channel the resources to the goods we collectively value the most.
We redistribute. It’s not a dirty word. It doesn’t hurt growth. It’s not socialism.
And no, it’s not impossible.
