THE WEEK

We aren’t invading Nicaragua this week. Minnesota comes first.

New York’s liberal Governor Mario Cuomo is talking about the need for a strong defense, proposing to cut state taxes, and criticizing Catholic bishops—from the right. Cuomo argues that the bishops’ draft statement on the economy is unrealistic in calling for minimum levels of national welfare. He also thinks they rely too heavily on the public sector to create jobs: “We cannot build an economy on the public payroll. The prime source of employment must be the private sector.” And he takes issue with their objections to work requirements for welfare recipients: “Why can’t we use the public welfare system to put the able-bodied to work?” For Governor Cuomo, at any rate, 1984 appears to have been a realigning election.

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We aren’t invading Nicaragua this week. Minnesota comes first.

New York’s liberal Governor Mario Cuomo is talking about the need for a strong defense, proposing to cut state taxes, and criticizing Catholic bishops—from the right. Cuomo argues that the bishops’ draft statement on the economy is unrealistic in calling for minimum levels of national welfare. He also thinks they rely too heavily on the public sector to create jobs: “We cannot build an economy on the public payroll. The prime source of employment must be the private sector.” And he takes issue with their objections to work requirements for welfare recipients: “Why can’t we use the public welfare system to put the able-bodied to work?” For Governor Cuomo, at any rate, 1984 appears to have been a realigning election.