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People want new programs, but are wary of ‘Big Government’

Posted on Sunday, July 5th, 2009 and is filed under New York Times, Politics, The White House. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

WASHINGTON — Whether it's over health care, climate change or most other big Washington battles this year, Congress keeps debating the same underlying issue — is the federal government getting too big and intrusive? The subject bitterly divides Republicans from Democrats, and the public's mood seems ambivalent. Polls show that public majorities think the government's rapidly growing cost is worrisome, yet most want better health care and curbs on global warming — but they're wary of giving government too much power to do either. The success of those ventures in Washington could depend on how leaders frame the question during debate, said John Geer , a political…

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