In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama commented that “even though banks on Wall Street are lending again, they’re mostly lending to bigger companies. Financing remains difficult for small-business owners across the country, even though they’re making a profit.”
Read more on Obama to Small Businesses: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help….
In this week’s commentary I argue that the shape of the debate over the public health care option over the next four years should focus on the critical role played by mediating institutions of civil society: charities, churches, and voluntary organizations.
AS NYT columnist Frank Rich observed earlier this week, it’s hard to find much sympathy for Rick Wagoner. “Sure, Rick Wagoner deserved his fate,” writes Rich. “He did too little too late to save an iconic American institution from devolving into a government charity case.”
President Obama took time out over the weekend to respond to this week’s PBR question: “Let me assure you in the days ahead my administration intends to do to every industry in this country exactly what we are doing to the automakers.”
In response to the question, “What are the moral lessons of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)?”
Does the ARRA mark the dawn of a new era of government accountability, from a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Read more on PBR: Governmental Accountability and Transparency?…
