How Much Should Government Do?

September 24, 2021 (70 words)

In touting the latest round of his seemingly never-ending infrastructure stimulus package that recently received Congressional approval, President Biden described it as “a unique opportunity to restructure the economy in favor of working people.”

Which got me to thinking… Why does it always fall on government to periodically engineer such a compassionate restructuring? Why can’t the wunderkinds at the controls of our undeniably marvelous capitalist economic engine do that themselves?

Robert J. Cavanaugh, Jr
September 24, 2021