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In 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton famously declared, “The era of big government is over.” He deregulated the telecommunications and financial industries; pushed a free trade agreement that severely restricted the federal government’s authority to protect domestic jobs and businesses; and abandoned the 75-year-old federal commitment to the poor.

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