taken all across the country when I've spoken to audiences about poverty. These have not been totally liberal; they've included business executives, lawyers, college students, and other diverse groups as well as those involved in non-profits. How many would personally be willing to pay higher taxes to help address poverty? I have asked. Most hands go up, sometimes all hands go up. Then I ask how many of those have told this to their elected representatives. Hardly any hands are raised. And that's the problem, of course: politicians don't get the message, and they see higher taxes as the third rail. Norquist may have been listening, but I wasn't sure. He didn't look very interested. So I tried to provoke him with a broader argument: Our great challenge was not deciding between government and the private sector, but in creating a healthy interaction between them to improve the justice of the free market, an ingenious system that still lets some people fall through the cracks. He had nothing to say to this. His eyes had glazed over. Maybe yours have too, but really! After a bitter campaign over the role of government, wouldn't you think that thinkers would now be thinking about this? The Long Campaign is hardly over. It has made some inroads. In Texas recently I was told that two elderly women had organized a summer lunch program for poor children who normally got their lunches at school. The women raised money from private contributions and had internalized