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this is To the Point. Is government the problem or the solution?

Hello again, I'm Or in Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues Americans cut about most.

Politics has always been about who controls government.

Now it's about the value of government.

Here's Republican Senator Ted Cruz. Government is the problem. Republicans have been saying that since the days of Ronald

Reagan promising tax cuts in smaller government. But progressive Democrats say, don't forget,

strong government led America out of the Great Depression, creating history's most prosperous

nation. We'll hear how the battle is playing out today on the road to the White House and in

Topeka, Kansas. Today's talking point, a new search for evidence of what killed the dinosaurs.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point.

Republicans are saying big governments not working and needs to be smaller.

Democrats say Republicans are using tax cuts to weaken government so they can attack it for being

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