Clearly the “govt is good, actually” is a nonstarter. We need to 1.) humanize govt workers (your hard working neighbor) and 2.) be extremely clear about the first order benefits that people are getting from their tax dollars. National parks are a great example, national weather service is another.
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Paul Krugman
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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