Government is everywhere now. Where does it go next?
Dan Balz
Americans are experiencing the biggest expansion of government authority in generations as elected leaders take unprecedented action to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
a close up of a flag: President Trump speaks at a coronavirus news conference in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post President Trump speaks at a coronavirus news conference in the Rose Garden on Wednesday.
The role of government has changed overnight, in ways no one imagined as this election year began. Despite a broad consensus behind this emergency surge in government spending and power, a huge debate over what government does and should do lies ahead.
That battle will be waged on terms that could be far different from those that existed before the pandemic — terms that have held sway since President Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington four decades ago determined to put advocates of a vigorous government on the defensive for the first time since the New Deal.
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