Jeff Madrick is trying to prove that we need a strong government. He also states that the
main role of the government is to help improve the economy and protect the people and
the economy from outside threat. Jeff Madrick used the example of Polio, how this disease
has affected and killed many people. The government also realized that not everyone
would be able to afford the vaccination for Polio. In order to protect the people, the
government helped finance and administer anti polio vaccinations. He also talked about the
space exploration race and how the government started funding the National Defense
Education Act, in light of which more and more young people can go to college and get a
higher education. He also talked about how lots of taxpayers’ dollars ended up as R&D, to
enhance medical research, which resulted in many medical breakthroughs. The
government also funded, Medicaid for people who can’t afford medical treatment.
Jeff Madrick argues that we need a big government for economic growth. The government
can ensure the smooth running of the economy by regulating certain aspects of the
economy, he later contradicts his statement by saying that some of the government
regulations are poorly executed, although they should be able to intervene when its seems
necessary, just like the government bailouts during 2008 crisis to prevent further damage
to the country’s economy. He also says that we need a big government to protect American
people from big business and wealthy individuals.
On the other hand, David Boaz states that bigger government have increased the amount of
