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Michael Sigman: GOP Hearts Big Government

By Michael Sigman Jan 10th 2012 - 05:13PM

Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly recently asked Mitt Romney if President Obama is a "socialist."

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Pantyhose and Patriots: The Big Government Time Machine

By Tanya M. Acker Sep 16th 2011 - 12:29PM

During World War II (back when everybody agreed that we should pay for our wars) the government asked women to turn in their hosiery, which was used to make powder bags in naval artillery guns.

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Support for Big Government Jobs Program Has Evaporated

By Chriss Street Sep 13th 2011 - 03:14PM

This nose-dive in support for a bold new government spending initiative to fight unemployment is directly tied to the violent plunge in the U.S. stock prices caused by the credit rating downgrade of the United States of America.

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Big Government's Real War on Marriage

By James Peron Aug 09th 2011 - 11:07PM

For the second time in less than a month, I was in hospital for several days.

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So You Like Big Government, Do You?

By The Relentless Conservative Jul 11th 2011 - 10:18AM

Some people like a government that is big and does everything for its citizens.

Background on big government

Big government (sometimes capitalized as Big Government) is a term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates, or libertarians to describe a government or public sector which they consider to be excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy or the private sector.

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