Big+Government

=What is Big Government and what does Obamacare do to it?= Big government is often a fought over topic within the political parties such as the Republicans who believe in small government and the democrats who have always followed more big government. But what truly is big government? Big Government can be explained in how many employees but also in the amount of federal power it exerts. Often Big Government would not follow a more hands off policy or laissez-faire. Often there are many federal programs that cost more then we can afford. Now, with the addition of Obamacare, the government and federal power will only get bigger. For one, it is giving the government the power to get into your personal life and decide what healthcare you can use. If government can do that then what else can they do? As President Ronald Reagen once said "**Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem**." =Why is Big Government a bad thing?= It is a very important question that must be answered. To look at it in perspective and if you are not already, "imagine yourself as a large corporation and you decide to go lobby in DC. But, after the lobbying you decide to bribe an official." This is often the first problem that many have with big government, that it is corrupt. This corruption and lobbying which occurs often creates an inverted totalitarianism in which the corporations rule the government and not the other way around. Also, in many cases, large government has always spent more then Small Government. Now, this is a horrid thing to do and it is even worse when we are in an economic crisis. Now imagine this large government, always watching over you, always seeing what you are doing and always willing to get into your personal life. To us, that doesn't sound like the way we want to live in this country. Often, big government interferes with the decisions of self-interest, as in the freer people making their own choices, by diverting the wealth and resources by putting them in the spot of political decision making and not individual. Political decision making means that the use of resources will be determined by people who don't own them and therefore do not stand to gain. It is not wise to give Government such control over our lives, people and market. ==