In skewering the hapless George Will, Matthew Yglesias succinctly argues the emerging frame of strong government services as essential for the global competitiveness of US firms. This is a powerfully persuasive argument, and it has the added benefit of being completely right. Strong government services such as healthcare, unemployment insurance, and education have the effect of dynamic hedges against uncertainty in the shifting global marketplace, with benefits to both workers and firms. The Democrats would do well to begin picking up this frame and hammering it in while they have the chance.

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