How to grow the economy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The president's economic proposals unveiled in Chicago Monday have ignited a debate between Official Washington and the administration. The administration has some ideas about what makes an economy tick. As the president put it in Chicago, "The role of government is not to manage or control the economy." Rather, government's economic role, he declared, is "to remove obstacles standing in the way" -- for instance, taxes. Official Washington seems to have no ideas for economic growth other than to raise taxes. Admittedly that always helps Washington's economy grow, but what about the...