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Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, feder

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting. – Thomas Frank

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While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that whats on the line is American liberty itself. – Thomas Frank

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Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen. – Thomas Frank

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As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a Near Great even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. – Thomas Frank

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