Opinion | Should the U.S. Expand the Social Safety Net?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Mr. Mankiw is an advocate of capitalism, of free enterprise.
52% : If the so-called "family values" Republican Party had genuine concern for American families, this country would have a law like the European Union, requiring a minimum of four weeks of paid vacation for every worker.
49% : Mr. Mankiw says we would need to raise taxes to have a social safety net comparable to Western Europe's.
46% : But if we're going to have capitalism, it needs to be a capitalism that works for all of us.

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