Why Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Could Make the “Administrative State” More Popular
We appreciate things more when somebody threatens to take them away.
Article/Op-Ed in Vox
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March 16, 2017
Lee Drutman wrote for Vox's Polyarchy about how recent budget cuts will make voters more aware of government programs they may have taken for granted before:
Most people appreciate what they have much more when somebody tries to take it away. When government is an abstract entity sucking in tax dollars, most people don’t like it. But when government is a set of programs that are about to be put on the chopping block, it’s a very different story.