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Big Government wants to make you safe and give you liberty. But Benjamin Franklin said “They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”. He lived under a big government that said they could give both. You know how that went.
Many people today say we can have both. That people are good and will not take advantage of others. Look around you do you feel safe and free. We should feel “safe” we have more people in prison than any other country in the world. We have police almost on every corner; very “strong” airport security. We are “free” and safe, “very safe’. The amount of crime has gone down in the U.S. and imprisonment has gone up. We are protected from big business. Douglas, Amy Professor of Politics.www.governmentisgood.com.Web.2007. said “Big government as the only thing that could counter-balance the power of big business.” The government has stop business many times before. In 1911 Standard Oil was broken up because it was too big. Robert Reich. Big Government' Isn't the Problem, Big Money Is. March 21, 2012. The Nation said, “77 percent of respondents said too much power is in the hands of a few rich people and corporations.” So we are safe from big business, fear, and need, and welfare to protect us from need. Welfare take care of people gives them what they need. It helps though bad times and the time you become old. It helps the children and their parent. Big government protects you from dangerous things you do not any way. Things they should only have to protect us. Big government is a big brother to the environment. It cleans our cities and gives us good food. It does not let companies populate the earth and keeps us all safe from things that may harm us or ki...

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Herman, Arthur. Mr. Obama, it's not the software that's the problem, it's Big Government liberalism. FowNews.com. October 24, 2013. Fox News. 2/20/14. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/24/mr-obama-it-not-software-that-problem-it-big-government-liberalism/.
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