Adam Silver | Size doesn't matter  The Silver Lining | The big
vs. small government debate must be replaced with smarter vs.
dumber government   Adam Silver The Silver Lining  Photo by Adam
Silver  Somewhere in our history, size began to matter. When it
comes to government, it’s either big or small.  A tax is big
government; a tax cut is small government. Bureaucracy is big
government; privatization is small government. The EPA is big
government; cutting regulations is small government. And most of
all, Democrats are big government; Republicans are small
government.  Last week, in his State of the Union address,
President Obama called for “smarter government.” He said, “It’s
not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that
sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth.”  For far too
long, the big-little dichotomy has dominated American
conceptions of government. With the New Deal, people began to
see “big government” as a way to ensure economic stability.
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