Katrina vanden Heuvel Calls For 5 Year Plan

Far- leftist Katrina vanden Heuvel has an op-ed piece in The Washington Post calling for more government intervention in the economy. Katrina vanden Heuvel cites a poll done by statist organizations the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps:

The poll tested a range of messages, with the greatest support for one calling for "rebuilding infrastructure" and another calling for constructing "an economy on a new foundation" -- that is, investing in education and a 21st century infrastructure, leading in the green industrial revolution and balancing our trade.

But what about that deficit? Americans worry about the deficit, but less for reasons usually given by deficit hawks than because they think it may get in the way of creating jobs and of protecting Social Security. The poll shows equal support for a five-year plan to revive America's industry and a five-year plan to cut deficits -- and in equal intensity.

Katrina vanden Heuvel thinks benevolent , altruistic people in Washington can allocate resources better than the private sector. Katrina vanden Heuvel also hasn't heard of the giant increase in money spent on education with last 30 years with no real results. Katrina vanden Heuvel's philosophy of 5 year plans is much closer to Mikhail Suslov than Mises.