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Definition of big government
chiefly US
: government that is regarded as infringing upon the rights of individual citizens because of its extensive bureaucracy and intrusive regulations and policies
Big government, in the minds of many Americans, had become the problem, not the solution.
— Tom Morganthau
Especially coming from a Republican, the Hyde proposals smack uncharacteristically of Big Government, critics say.
— John Cloud
Examples of big government in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Since then, big government has consistently surpassed big labor and big business as the biggest danger.
— Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 1 June 2021
In 1959, the organization found that most Americans (41%) believed big labor was the biggest threat to the country’s future, while 15% said big business was, and 14% big government.
— Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 1 June 2021"
From Merriam Webster
I don't disagree with any of these definitions of big government.
Another definition of big government would be government that tries to do for the people, what the people can do for themselves, especially things that the people can do better for themselves, like where to send their kids to school, or try to manage the people's health care for them.
Another good definition of big government would be government that tries to prohibit people from doing things that the government doesn't approve of, activities that might come with real risks, or things that violates the government's religious and cultural values, like sex before marriage, adultery, gambling, alcohol, sexuality, etc, even if no innocent person is actually being harmed from doing these things.
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