>The most common measure of size of government Well sure, if you define size of government as such. What about instead number of regulating agencies and their

>The most common measure of size of government Well sure, if you define size of government as such. What about instead number of regulating agencies and their relative budgets? What about legislation and imprisonment? I would argue that, at least by the classical conservative definition, small government is less about GDP and more about restriction of freedoms and invasion of privacy. Not to imply that some degree of both may be necessary for a functioning society.