Government We Deserve Author:C. Eugene Steuerle, Edward N. Gramlich, Hugh Heclo, Demetra S. Nightingale Contributes to the debate about government's place in U.S. society with the following argument: Before buying into anyone's vision of where public policy should go, we must think seriously about where we are now. This includes our economic and social structure, our government as a prominent feature of that landscape, and the way we currently mak... more »e political decisions. The authors' views of where we are now lead them to propose a rethinking of our commitments as a society, our public responsibilities, and our processes for making big policy choices--a rethinking that can help make government more responsive to changing expectations and changing needs.« less