It is very difficult to have a democracy without citizens. It is impossible to be a citizen if you don’t make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you’re a nation of dodos.
— Joe Klein, in Time magazine, on the CNN poll released today that found that nearly three-fourths of Americans thought the $787 billion stimulus package was wasted, even though the largest single item in the package — $288 billion — is tax relief for 95 percent of the American public, and $275 billion was in grants and loans to states to prevent teacher layoffs and keep fire stations open.
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