Quote Originally Posted by joecoolfreak
I agree with your points on news, but disagree completely with your modern "interpretation" on liberals(dems) and conservatives (repubs). I don't think that liberals support more government, I think they just support different things than republicans. Republicans like to think that they support less government, but the harsh reality is that they like big military, they like large confusing tax code policies, they are all for public policy for personal values(abortion laws to give just one example). Republicans don't support smaller governments at all. Conservatives CLAIM that they are for less government, but I can think of very few republican politicians that actually support that with action. Now if you were referring to libertarians, then I agree, they definitely support smaller government.

with this we are getting into IMO a fairly new problem. Each party has grown extremely close to one another. Especially with this election. But on average I would say democrats support larger government and on average republicans support smaller government.

I think this 'on average' approach is apparent when considering some of the many major topics: gun control, health care, taxes/ economic equality, oil price/ restriction, etc. These are all HUGE issues, and extremely obvious to who supports large government and who supports smaller government.

Military should not be viewed as "big government", this is because only once in a blue moon does the military effect the free will of an American Civilian.