Meaning of big government | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Governance that consists of large-scale programs, numerous departments and employees, and that entails substantial spending, especially liberal or left-wing governance which emphasizes social entitlements and regulation, and that is considered intrusive by some citizens, especially by conservatives or right-wingers
   US, capitalized, sometimes, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of big government.
   alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“Because he is liberal, temperate and articulate, and because he freely recognizes past Big Business abuses, Wendell L. Willkie, president of huge Commonwealth & Southern Corp., is in a class by himself as a persuasive businessman-critic of the New Deal⟳. […] "Today it is not Big Business that we have⟳ to fear," concluded Businessman Wilkie. "It is Big Government."”

“Mr. Clinton inherited a Presidency that had been downsized by Watergate and the end⟳ of the cold war. […] Two years ago he declared the end⟳ of the era of big government and embarked upon a program⟳ of bite-sized policy initiatives.”

“Big Government is never popular in theory, but the disaster aid, school lunches and prescription drugs that make⟳ up Big Government have⟳ become⟳ wildly popular in practice.”

“This is why the Conservative programme for government is founded on such a radical revolt against the statist approach⟳ of the Big Government that always knows best.”

“"There is no space for people to have⟳ a real discussion about the Fed or drone strikes abroad or the pharmaceutical industry, let⟳ alone how our freedoms are being infringed upon by big government," he said.”

“This is why the Conservative programme for government is founded on such a radical revolt against the statist approach⟳ of the Big Government that always knows best.”

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