A few instances (even if supported by evidence, and where the benefits didn't outweight the costs) says zero about the overall situation in an enormous country.

A few instances (even if supported by evidence, and where the benefits didn't outweight the costs) says zero about the overall situation in an enormous country. Is there evidence of the overall situation? The small government / empower big business lobby likes to use the rhetoric of repetition-until-it-seems-like-fact, but that doesn't make it true.