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Big government is a term generally used by political conservatives or libertarians to describe a government that they consider to be excessively large, corrupt and inefficient. Also see our articles on socialism, libertairanism and capitalism.

Public Employee Conferences as Venues For Corruption

June 24, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Public Employee Conferences

Financial firms among corporations using public employee conferences as chance to lobby government

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Big Government, Money Politics, Political Lobbying

Designing Conversations With America to Fix Government

June 24, 2015 by Lynn S. Kahn, Ph.D. Leave a Comment

Designing Conversations With America

In Conversations with America, every department and agency will re-establish their true purpose and priorities. I do not mean listening sessions. I mean the American public will drive how we define the new purpose and priorities of our government

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Big Government, Education

Multiply Solutions and Find Best Practices For National Scale

June 22, 2015 by Lynn S. Kahn, Ph.D. 2 Comments

Find Best Practices For National Scale

The federal government is lost in the muddy swamps of bad bureaucracy where pushing paperwork overwhelms any effort to look around the country and find programs that deliver results people care about.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Big Government, Education

5 Strategies to Cut One Trillion Dollars of Government Waste

June 19, 2015 by Lynn S. Kahn, Ph.D. 2 Comments

Trillion Dollars of Government Waste

5 strategies can cut one trillion dollars of waste from our inefficient bureaucracies: Require Accountability, Eliminate Duplication, Stop Funding Stupid, Eliminate Fraud and Require Financial Responsibility at the Pentagon.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Big Government, Independent Politicians

Cannabis Lobby Set for Washington D.C. Summit

April 28, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Cannabis Lobby Set

Reflecting historic changes in public political opinion, nascent cannabis lobby in federal push

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Big Government, Capitalism and Big Business, Money Politics, Political Lobbying

GOP NSA Spying Split Between Libertarians and Conservatives

November 25, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

GOP NSA spying split on opposite ends of spectrum

Small government libertarians and war hawks in GOP NSA spying split on opposite ends of spectrum

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Big Government, Libertarian Party News, Republicans, Spying and Privacy, Tea Party

Brooklyn Libertarian Party Campaign For Hipster Youth

October 14, 2014 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

Brooklyn Libertarian Party Bedford

Organizers from national office seek recognition of Brooklyn libertarians as key opportunity

Filed Under: American Democracy Originals Tagged With: Big Government, Libertarian Party News, New York City and State Elections, Third Party, Youth Voting Rights

Meaning of Comedian John Oliver Ayn Rand Rant

September 30, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

HBO's John Oliver Ayn Rand Rant

HBO late night political comedian John Oliver Ayn Rand criticism comes from British liberal tradition with a dash of American Jon Stewart style jokes

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Big Government, Capitalism and Big Business, Political Comedy, Tea Party

Who Does the Modern Libertarian Party Represent?

August 26, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Modern Libertarian Party Represent

Many self-identified supporters portray what the Libertarian Party represents incorrectly

Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Big Government, Capitalism and Big Business, Libertarian Party News, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

A Protest Against Debt and Government Overreach (in 500 BC)

March 18, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Government and Organized Crime

Debt and government overreach are popular subjects in American political culture, but in ancient Rome in 500BC anger at government led to non-violent public protest that reveal insights to epic conflict

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Big Government, Election History, Italy

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