big government

noun

1. derogatory.
   a form of government characterized by high taxation and public spending and centralization of political power

Example Sentences

In Roberts’ telling, this trauma was enabled by “big government” and its proponents.

From Salon

“What JD Vance saw a little bit later, is what tens of millions of Americans are facing now, because of the opioid crisis, and frankly, not because of ill intention by people who want big government, I'm going to ascribe good motives there, but government has displaced the very factors that allowed me to flourish: family, friends, communities, churches, civic organizations,” Roberts said.

From Salon

“But how much more big government can you be that your government is suing doctors and telling them to not provide care to their patients?”

From Salon

Skeptical of big government and woke politics yet committed to bettering their communities.

From Los Angeles Times

Then came a surge of Occupy Wall Street protests denouncing corporate greed and inequality from the left, while on the right, the Tea Party movement held the "welfare state" and "big government" responsible for the country's economic woes.

From Salon