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标题：25 years of denigration
作者：Paul Krugman
期刊名称：Catholic New Times
印刷版ISSN：0701-0788
出版年度：2005
卷号：Sept 25, 2005
出版社：New Catholic Times Inc.

25 years of denigration

Paul Krugman

"What caused that paralysis? President Bush certainly failed his test. After 9/11, all the country really needed from him was a speech. This time it needed action--and he didn't deliver.

But the federal government's lethal ineptitude wasn't just a consequence of Mr. Bush's personal inadequacy; it was a consequence of ideological hostility to the very idea of using government to serve the public good. For 25 years, the right has been denigrating the public sector, telling us that government is always the problem, not the solution. Why should we be surprised that when we needed a government solution, it wasn't forthcoming?"

--Paul Krugman, New York Times