Here is a quote from an Essay by James Dorn about how big government has wrecked the people it was supposed to help:
“When democracy overreaches, there is no end to the demands on the public purse, and the power of government grows. The Founding Fathers sought to create a republic with limited government, not an unlimited democracy in which the ‘winners’ are allowed to impose their will and vision of the good society on everyone else. In such a system politics becomes a fight of all against all, like the Hobbesian jungle, and nearly everyone is a net loser as taxes rise, deficits soar, and economic growth slows.”
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Thomas Jefferson
Why we forget history & past experiences & make the same mistakes is beyond me. History should be a required study for all politicians.