Word: deadweight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...D.L.C. is dedicated to yanking the party back to the middle. But neo, the prefix that was supposed to make liberalism safe for Democrats again, has instead made them boring. If a liberal is someone with his feet firmly planted in the air, a neo-liberal is the deadweight tethering him to the ground. Problems liberals were accused of throwing money at -- like poverty, homelessness, urban decay and the underclass -- have given way to two-hour symposiums on "New Strategies for Economic Security: Developing America's Human Capital...