Welfare state should not be a middle-class subsidy

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Pundits who describe America as a fundamentally conservative country are wrong,” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote last week.

“Yes, voters sent some severe conservatives to Washington. But those voters would be both shocked and angry if such politicians actually imposed their small-government agenda,” Krugman said.

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