Serious, mature answers only. This seems to be a battle cry, but no one I know (of any affiliation) really knows what it means. As an educated 30 something, I would think something this supposedly bad would be easy to understand.
2006-07-09 10:28:12 · 8 answers · asked by Jester 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It is a distinction that traditional conservatives consider an oxymoron and suggests that the economic philosophy of the respective parties differs only in regard to whose constituents are promised the largest share of federal pork. Although the new hybrid philosophy includes a double dose of so-called cultural values, the economic policy of President Bush has more in common with the administration of fellow Texan Lyndon Johnson than with traditional conservatives
2006-07-09 10:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by BrianKSE2006 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Big government, now often known as the Nanny State, encumbers the people with its cost and intrusion. Rather than leaving the people to the liberty of their own lives, big government seeks to control every aspect of the individual's life. Big government seeks to control things that should be left to free enterprise. This is contrary to the American ideal and extremely expensive. The current Republican administration does not seem to be oppossed to big government.
For just a few examples; the government is too involved in healthcare regulation and distribution, making the entire industry convoluted and costly; it is illegal for gas station owners to show the price of gas and the tax separately; and over-involvement by the government has ruined public education.
The Founding Fathers believed the government should never intrude on the daily lives of its citizens. Thomas Paine, for example, said, "That government which governs least governs best." But these days, everything is controlled, everything is monitored, and of course now there's taxes and fees attached to everything so the government can pay for all its controlling.
2006-07-09 10:43:22 · answer #2 · answered by Farly the Seer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would agree wtih the view of the hungry and all powerful government. the state always gains more power. nowadays more people have less control over the decisions made, seems more like a socialist government has come about. no stopping it since they dont have to answer to you in the intrest of national security, except 25 years after when people have forgotten about it.(clinton resolution on cia classified documents, tiny example).
take a look in history and youll find absolutely no change in foreign policy in the past 60 years. so yea, control.
2006-07-09 11:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. I'm a sixties person, and as a witness to history, I can assure you that government, State, Federal, and local has always grown larger every year.
2006-07-09 10:41:18 · answer #4 · answered by lighthouse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Paine, or perhaps it was Thomas Jefferson said, "A government which governs least governs best."
Republicans have a strong belief in individualism, smaller government, and business entrepreneurship.
2006-07-09 11:10:11 · answer #5 · answered by MesquiteGal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Onward Christian Soldiers Marching as to War
Red Jesus is a god of war he is the new Jesus live with it or shut up
Blue Jesus was busy healing the sick and feeding the needy and while he was busy about his fathers work. Red Jesus took over.
2006-07-09 10:35:23 · answer #6 · answered by 43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George W. hates big government,,, he's a fiscal conservative
2006-07-09 10:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
big governemt = more people on the government pay roll
the more people working for the government= the better the chance of corruption and waist
the more corruption and waist in government = higher taxes, more spending, more laws, more greed
should i go on?
43 wtf are you talking about?
2006-07-09 10:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by chupakabra123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋