rs and students in universities who were afraid to do anything out of the "norm". During his height McCarthy was so powerful that no one would challenge him. The White House tried to stop McCarthy in the beginning but the subcommittee was to slow in getting its findings out. This only helped McCarthy and gave him greater credibility. So in essence, because of this fear, people did not challenge the government on many issues, and the government went unchecked in its policies and practices. With this kind of environment to work in you have to wonder how many things were not done. For example we know that National Health Insurance was one of the policies that got dropped (Chafe 65). You have to wonder how many other things went undone, books unwritten, movies never made, voices not heard, all because of the fear of being labeled a communist. We will never know how McCarthyism really affected the US economy, because we don't know how many ideas were not pursued. I wonder how Bill Gates would have been perceived in this environment. ...
