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Excessive government control is not exactly the same as big government. IOW, you can be against too much control (i.e. massive spying on innocent citizens) and
by narag 14y ago
Excessive government control is not exactly the same as big government. IOW, you can be against too much control (i.e. massive spying on innocent citizens) and still want public healthcare and so on.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoIn theory, sure, in practice I don't think it's ever worked out that way. Can you give examples of countries with sizable government expenditures (e.g. 40% GDP or more) that do not also feature onerous regulation and extensive government interference over many aspects of daily life?
- narag 14y agoI can't give examples without that expenditures either. To be honest, I don't know which countries are on either side of that boundary, but countries that are usually put in the big state bag, like scandinavian ones, are not specially known for much state interference. BTW, I would only consider first world democracies. Others' problems are arguably caused by different, more obvious, factors.