Big government
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Mr. Rogers discovers big government fees ... that he approvedLocal news and events from the city of Tigard, Oregon Mr. Rogers discovers big government fees ... that he approved TIGARD -- When Roy Rogers set out to replace cubicles with offices at his Tigard accounting firm, he soon found himself... In this article: Clean Water Services, Big government, Tigard, Oregon, Lien, Small business, Washington County, and Tax |
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USATODAY.com | 12 hours ago
Dem committees outraise GOP in October
...to make progress every month ... to hold Democrats accountable for the reckless agenda of big government and fewer jobs that they are imposing in Washington." Next up on the election calendar: Massachusetts, where a primary is set...
In this article: GOP, Chris Van Hollen, New York, Martha Coakley, Dede Scozzafava, and Washington
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Obama and GOP differ over recipe for jobs, economy
Pence said Obama and the Democratic Congress have taken the economy "from bad to worse with their failed economic agenda and big government plans" and now want the government to take over the nation's health care system. "The...
In this article: Barack Obama, Mike Pence, GOP, Tax, Unemployment, Washington, Recession, and White House
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Gawker | 1 day ago
Martha Stewart Caught in Bed With Big Government [Media Crack]
In your cheery Wednesday media column: our nemesis Martha Stewart's magazine implicated in decoration-for-prestige scheme, iTunes for magazines is coming, your weekly layoff roundup, and the Search Engine Media Wars heat up. POLITICO...
In this article: Martha Stewart, Itunes, Time Inc., The Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Hearst, Google, and News Corp.
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 2 days ago
GOP use the healthcare bill’s size as symbol of big government
GOP use the healthcare bill's size as symbol of big government Posted Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 Comments (0) Print Share Reprints By CALVIN WOODWARD and DOUGLASS K. DANIEL The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Republicans are using...
In this article: GOP, John Shadegg, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Washington, and Arizona
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Redstate -- Conservative News and Community | 3 days ago
Big Government: Hey, guess who dumped 20K documents in a dumpster?
Nine days after there was an announcement that their group was going to be investigated? Yup, that's right: ACORN. San Diego office - just before California AG Jerry Brown came to visit. Alas, if only somebody had had the foresight to wait...
In this article: Al Capone, Social Security, GOP, and San Diego
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Mardell's America
...this. They could argue that it is a misperception; they could maintain that all government is big government these days; they could argue that big government protects little people. It really doesn't matter too much what their rationale is,...
In this article: Eric Holder, Breast cancer, Tax, and Sarah Palin
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The Stranger - Slog | 3 days ago
Swine Flu Proves You Need Big Government to Handle Big Problems
Health Swine Flu Proves You Need Big Government to Handle Big Problems Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:49 AM To be found everywhere you look are the signs of neoliberalism's doom. Here is one such place, an article...
In this article: FLU, Neoliberalism, Derivative, Risk management, Socialism, Capitalism, WHO, and AIG
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Beaumont Enterprise | November 17, 2009
WEDNESDAY LETTERS: Readers protest big government
In 1981 when Ronald Reagan took office our economy was very troubled. Taxes were cut. People went back to work. Today the president wants to raise taxes, spend billions of dollars in bailouts, give stimulus packages and borrow money. Our...
In this article: Tax, Ronald Reagan, Ideology, Medicaid, Medicare, and House of Representatives
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Reason Magazine - Topics > Media | November 17, 2009
Reason.tv: Mike Flynn on Big Government (The Website!) & The Videos That Cut Down ACORN
...Andrew Breitbart's new media empire. Big Government focuses on the dirty side of politics, which means they've got enough material to last them for centuries. The site made a huge splash be releasing (as recently as yesterday) a series of...
In this article: White House
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Charlotte Observer | November 10, 2009
Big government is not the way to control health costs
...takeover of health care. But anyone who takes a look at my voting record will see that I have a strong record of opposing the growth of big government. Unfortunately, in the current debate over health care reform the core issues of...
In this article: Nancy Pelosi, North Carolina, Suicide, Limited government, Tax, Small business, and Medicare
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Big government (sometimes capitalized as Big Government) is a term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates or libertarians to describe a government which is excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or which is inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy. In this latter sense the term may also be used by political liberals in relation to government policies which attempt to regulate matters considered to be private or personal, such as private sexual behavior.
Big government can refer to any of a number of bureaucratic criticisms: government programs where policy goals could be accomplished with smaller more nimble organizations, attempts to federalize programs traditionally implemented at the state level, implementing programs that seek to accomplish functions normally associated with the private sector or private organizations (such as non-profit groups or religious organizations), expensive programs that are likely to increase significantly in costs in the long term, subject to cost overruns and poor cost analysis, resistant to reform efforts both internally and externally, large bureaucracies lacking in accountability, limited or no checks and balances on power within the organization, inadequate or inconsistent metrics to verify to efficacy, limited genuine benefits conferred to citizens, cost ineffective (benefits are outweighed by high costs), programs funded primarily by bond packages. A common example of big government is unfunded federal mandates, where federal programs and policy priorities are imposed upon states, requiring states to bear the financial burden without funding from the federal level.
Counter-arguments hold that governments can fulfill public programs with efficiency, controlling spending and holding personnel or contractors accountable for their performance.
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