Conservatives have been pushing this "big government" narrative since Reagan.
What they really mean by "big government" is institutions, safety nets and entitlement programs that go to poor people. They want all that gone and replaced with a military and police budget through the roof. That's where we're at after 40 years of neoliberalism.
Conservatives have been pushing this "big government" narrative since Reagan.
What they really mean by "big government" is institutions, safety nets and entitlement programs that go to poor people. They want all that gone and replaced with a military and police budget through the roof. That's where we're at after 40 years of neoliberalism.
Small government with 2800 new age fighter jets and 15 aircraft carriers. Small government that hands military technology to civilian police forces.
Big government is when you give out health advisories for the disease the government was too passive and inept and underfunded to handle properly.