Difference between revisions of "Big Government"
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* Limited or no checks and balances on power within an organization (Link to governance and regulations BLT 7 ) | * Limited or no checks and balances on power within an organization (Link to governance and regulations BLT 7 ) | ||
* Inadequate or inconsistent metrics to verify efficacy. | * Inadequate or inconsistent metrics to verify efficacy. | ||
| − | ** Potential impact: poor management throughout government resulted in poor service and too much interference. For example; for 3 consecutive years, Congress has failed to even [Politicizing Metrics 101|pass a budget]. | + | ** Potential impact: poor management throughout government resulted in poor service and too much interference. For example; for 3 consecutive years, Congress has failed to even [[Politicizing Metrics 101|pass a budget]]. |
* Limited genuine benefits actually conferred to (Link to governance and regulations. | * Limited genuine benefits actually conferred to (Link to governance and regulations. | ||
** Potential impact: with 23 million of us unemployed in 2013, our government wasted more than $200 million. (Link to BLT 9) | ** Potential impact: with 23 million of us unemployed in 2013, our government wasted more than $200 million. (Link to BLT 9) | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 24 May 2014
Today, many people use the term big government to describe what they believe to be government overreach and government intrusion in our daily lives at every level. Wikipedia defines Big Government “as a derogatory term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates, or libertarians to describe a government that they consider to be excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy or the private sector”. But, a recent Gallup poll found that 72% of us – including 56% of Democrats and 78% of independents – believe it to be a big threat. The basic problem is, Government has this innate dilemma of balancing between serving and interfering. 2014/02/14 User:Jeff
