Americans Are Afraid of Authority
But a government that works is one that lets people use their judgment.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Bettmann / Getty. How to Fix America's Infrastructure
What if Republicans agreed to pay for major projects in exchange for Democrats agreeing to cut red tape?
Mark Lennihan / AP Fixing Broken Government: Put Humans in Charge
A decades-long obsession with writing excessively detailed laws had made it impossible for real people to get anything done.
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Want More Jobs? Clean Up Our Messy Regulatory System
You shouldn't have to hire a team of lawyers just to be able to start a business.
