Like #S317, this is a formal debate but with a single combatant on either side. Mr. Harrington contends that certain hard facts-an aging population; the growth of technology and of pollution-force an increase in the public sector whether anyone likes it or not: "Okay. Mr. Buckley and I agree: inexorably, under a Nixon, under a Ford, the government moves in. Why? Why is that historical trend there? Is it there because of a plot? Is it there because Nixon or Ford or whatever conservative gets in sells out? I don't think so. I think there are profound economic, social, technological, and political trends which force conservatives as well as liberals to advocate more government intervention." ... WFB: "Government got into medicine about 12 years ago. What has happened? Do we have more doctors? No. Do we have more nurses? No. What we have is double the cost of a medical bill."