big government

See also: Big Government

English

Alternative forms

Big Government

Noun

big government (uncountable)

(chiefly US, politics, sometimes capitalized) 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
- 1940 March 18, "Life on the Newsfronts of the World: Big Government," Life, p. 26 (retrieved 13 Dec 2011):
  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."
- 1998 Aug. 2, John M. Broder, "The Nation: Big Deal," New York Times (retrieved 13 Dec 2011):
  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.
- 2009 May 7, Michael Grunwald, "One Year Ago: The Republicans in Distress," Time:
  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.
- 2010 April 17, David Cameron, “This is a radical revolt against the statist approach of Big Government”, in The Guardian‎:
  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.
- 2013 August 16, Adam Gabbatt, quoting Ron Paul, “The Ron Paul Channel: libertarianism 'unfiltered and uninterrupted'”, in The Guardian‎:
  "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.

References

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单词	big government
释义	big government See also: Big Government English Alternative forms Big Government Noun big government (uncountable) (chiefly US, politics, sometimes capitalized) 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 1940 March 18, "Life on the Newsfronts of the World: Big Government," Life, p. 26 (retrieved 13 Dec 2011): 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." 1998 Aug. 2, John M. Broder, "The Nation: Big Deal," New York Times (retrieved 13 Dec 2011): 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. 2009 May 7, Michael Grunwald, "One Year Ago: The Republicans in Distress," Time: 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. 2010 April 17, David Cameron, “This is a radical revolt against the statist approach of Big Government”, in The Guardian‎: 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. 2013 August 16, Adam Gabbatt, quoting Ron Paul, “The Ron Paul Channel: libertarianism 'unfiltered and uninterrupted'”, in The Guardian‎: "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. See also big business big labor big pharma big society References big government at OneLook Dictionary Search
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