Michael Franc
Michael Franc
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There is a sense this year that anything is possible, that they have the rapt attention of the leadership.
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It certainly is the perfect storm of aggravating or provoking congressional egos and the president getting his back up and saying the least diplomatic thing he could have said.
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Boomers always struck me as very self-centered and self-important, because there are so many of us. We're always in the middle of the next fun moment at some everlasting party, and we're not able to defer the gratification to tackle the long-term problems.
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Crises cause government to grow. The test today will be how much of the federal response occurs within the existing boxes or through innovative ways.
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What they know is that the actual answers to increase supply or take down demand offer no quick fixes.
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The extent to which he used the State of the Union to launch and define the 'ownership society' concept is important because if you take it to its natural extreme, the ownership society would essentially replace the 'Great Society. That's a major shift from where we've been.
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The conundrum they face is that they know better.