Commentary

Are More Progressives Coming Around on Overregulation?

By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, March 30 2023

George McGovern, the Democratic Party's 1972 presidential nominee, was a liberal icon. During many years in political office, including as a U.S. senator from South Dakota, McGovern successfully championed loads of regulations, taxes and mandates in the name of the public good. But as a businessman, he was held back to the point of failure by the same sorts of burdens he had once earnestly promoted to achieve lofty goals. For today's most overzealous politicians, McGovern's story is worth retelling. In 1988, seven years after leaving the Senate, McGovern took over the lease of the Stratford Inn…

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