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Periodically in our country’s history, about every 80 years, the U.S. debates the eternal question of the purpose of our government â€" to help the citizenry or to get out of its way, authors Morley Winograd and Mike Hais explain in their books Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking America and Millennial Makeover.

In the Revolutionary period (1773-1789), the Founding Fathers debated the role of the federal government and its taxing powers. During the Civil War era (1860-1877) we attempted to come to grips with civil rights and state sovereignty. In the New Deal era, the three branches of government battled over the appropriate controls over the Industrial Revolution and debated government’s role in balancing individual liberty of contract with social controls on economic issues.

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