If they were serious about proactive government voter registration, they would propose the means for achieving it.
The problem is that Germans have been spoiled by proactive government policies designed to fund affordable housing and promote mixed-income living spaces.
While there have always been pronounced differences about how proactive government should be, few Europeans question the basic premise of a welfare state.
For Blond and other "communitarian" conservative thinkers, the hope is that the May era will herald an end to laissez-faire economics and usher in an era of proactive government, dedicated to building a more inclusive society.
According to a report carried out by Bloomberg New Energy Finance for Pew Charitable Trusts, this would still be $546bn short of the investment which more proactive government policies on climate change by the G20 countries would bring about globally.
Getting star billing was the proposal to establish a new bank for business lending, but he also proposed investments in skills, proactive government procurement, and the relaxation of health and safety regulations.
Mr. Kan made his signature appeal for a new "third way" for Japan, toward a stronger social safety net and proactive government, and away from both the heavy public works spending of the Liberal Democrats and the small government policies pushed a half-decade ago by a previous prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi.
The market has matured for this investment, the cost of solar has come down and the electricity price in Australia remains high – so even without a proactive government strategy it is good to invest – of course we like government incentives, but we do not depend on them".
At times he used his speech, delivered from the West Front of the Capitol, to reprise arguments from the fall campaign, rebutting the notion expressed by conservative opponents that America risks becoming "a nation of takers" and extolling the value of proactive government in society.
