When I consider this question, I think about all the difficulties they have had in Germany bringing the former East Germans back into the fold. It hasn't been an easy project, but they seem prepared to dig in for the long haul and ensure that the next generation of people doesn't inherit the social abnormalities of a police state.
Could it work here? Who knows? The New Deal and the Great Society produced concrete gains in fighting poverty. It certainly hasn't been tried in a long time. It could work again.
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