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MICHAEL BARONE: Voters Fed Up With Big, Bossy Government. Why has the Democrats' theory of histo

MICHAEL BARONE: Voters Fed Up With Big, Bossy Government.

Why has the Democrats’ theory of history moving left worked out so badly? One reason is that it is factually untrue. We’ve moved from regulation to deregulation in the last century, for example.

Another reason is that when government is small and deft, as it was in the 1930s, a little more of it may help folks. But when it is big and plodding, as it seems to be now, a lot more of it may just be a deadweight on the private sector economy which, most Americans seem to realize, is the only generator of real economic growth.

A third reason is that big government can be overly bossy.

Oh, come on. It’s not as if they’re banning potatoes or anything. Oh, wait . . ..

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 25, 2010 (boomark / email).