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| Permalink View Article Stats Promoted to Headline (H4) on 7/29/11: Eugene Robinson: Why the progressives need a Big Idea Quicklink submitted by Rob Kall (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
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| Conservatives are on a winning streak because they have a Big Idea that serves as an animating, unifying force. It happens to be a very bad idea, but it's better than nothing -- which, sadly, is what progressives have. The simplistic Big Idea that defines today's Republican Party is that taxes are always too high and government spending is always wasteful. Therefore, both taxes and spending need to be reduced. The essence of the far right's Big Idea fits neatly on a bumper sticker: Cut taxes, cut spending. It's a simple, powerful message Democrats have utterly failed to develop and communicate a Big Idea of their own. Obama talks about 'winning the future,' but that's too nebulous. I'd suggest something pithier: jobs, jobs, jobs. People may dislike paying taxes, but they dislike unemployment more. Progressives should talk about bringing the nation back to full employment |
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