Some cynics, though, say that it is futile to make arguments for good policy.
And there's a debate in Israel about whether or not this is a good policy.
Sales of defense equipment and technology to allies, for example, are acknowledged as extraordinarily good policy.
Economic crises may not lead to good policy-making, but at least they demand a do-no-harm standard.
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Good policy and determined politics will deliver those things more reliably than any amount of technology.
That cannot happen as part of this deal because it is simply not good policy.
I'm still counting, Evan, on the notion that good policy over the long term is good politics.
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It may not be good policy, but America can get away with it for a long time.
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So is France also trying to offset the damage of excessive spending with good policy in other areas?
The old Davos consensus of boosting growth and combating poverty is still a better guide to good policy.
If it is good policy, surely it should apply equally to all citizens?
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Mr. BERNANKE: It's difficult enough to make good policy in the face of a complex economy, complex financial system.
But it is both good policy and good politics for both parties to come together and pass strong financial reform.
Advocates oftentimes admit that bailouts are not good policy, but they invariably argue that short-term considerations should trump long-term sensible policy.
Not because national governments are keen to adopt good policy, but because nations at least have to compete against each other.
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Even if the costs from drilling are much greater than was recognized pre-spill, that does not make Cap-and-Trade a good policy.
The Indian board has said we can take a break whenever we want, which I think is a very good policy.
Now we are paying the price of having forgotten that good monetary policy is as crucial to growth as good tax policy.
Nor is it clear that a broad-based tax cut makes good policy.
Sadly, however, the 20 years of mostly good policy were reversed with the arrival of George W. Bush, and his successor, Barack Obama.
Many people apparently believe jurists are to act as super-legislators, voting for or against a law based on whether it is good policy.
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Number two is that although there are some programs in there that I think are good policy, some of them aren't job creators.
Sound money is good policy, and economic efficiency (including lower taxes and free trade) will do most of the heavy lifting in a free, capitalist system.
Roosevelt told a frightened, destitute nation that unregulated greed is neither good policy nor good ethics, and that if we don't hang together, we'll hang separately.
Rolling back the planned increases in the CAFE standards in exchange for higher gas taxes is a good policy trade conservatives should be willing to make.
" He said Republicans should have two main goals for the next four years, namely "to mitigate bad policies" and "to advance good policy wherever we can.
Mr. JOE ANTOS (American Enterprise Institute): Price negotiation by the government for prescription drugs is a great sound bite but it's not a good policy and it basically won't work.
And even if the cynics are right, we are more likely to have good policy if the American people more fully understand the damaging impact of excessive government.
But good intentions are not the same as good policy.
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Last but not least, there are rewards for good policy.
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