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Just As The Financial Crisis Has Created Toxic Assets And 'zombie' Financial Institutions, So Has It Transformed Conservatism Into A Movement Of The Living Dead.

Under The Administration Of George W. Bush, You Will Recall, Federal Spending Grew Pretty Significantly. At The Same Time, The Number Of People Directly Employed By The Federal Government Shrank. One Of The Factors That Explained The Difference Was Contracting.

When You Take Somebody's Quote Out Of Context, Which Happens All The Time, Nobody's Ever Going To Go And Do The Research On Their Own And Figure Out That You Got It Wrong.

Back In The Days When The Market Was A Kind Of Secular God And All The World Thrilled To Behold The Amazing Powers Of Private Capital, The Idea Of Privatizing Highways And Airports And Other Bits Of Our Transportation Infrastructure Made A Certain Kind Of Sense.

The Pursuit Of The Vibrant Seems To Be The Universal Job Description Of The Nation's City Planners Nowadays. It Is Also Part Of The Obama Administration's Economic Recovery Strategy For The Nation.