small government
Reduced federal involvement
Small government is a political philosophy favoring minimal state intervention in citizens' lives, particularly in economic matters.
Advocates want reduced taxation, fewer regulations, and limited federal programs: She ran on a small government platform.
The term is associated with American conservatism and libertarianism, though critics note that "small government" politicians often support expansive military spending and social regulation.
- libertarianAnti-statist political adherent
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- taxesMandatory government payments
- tax cutsDecreased government assessments
federalism · privatization · conservatism · laissez-faire · free enterprise · autonomy · deficit · balanced budget · Constitution · individualism · rugged individualism · fiscal · austerity · trickle down · liberty · mandate · oversight · Reagan
- free marketersAdam Smith, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, free traders, laissez-faire
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, free enterprise, family values
- free marketsfree market, free enterprise, free trade, free markets, laissez-faire
- Thatcher EraMargaret Thatcher, Thatcher, Iron Lady, monetarism, poll tax
- libertarianismlibertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, classical liberalism, free market, individual liberty
small governmentbig government
Expansive, powerful state apparatus
statism · welfare state · nanny state · strong central government · centralized government
small governmentsocialism
Communal economic control
statism · collectivism · communism · democratic socialism · Marxism
small governmentinterventionism
Policy of deliberate involvement
government intervention · economic planning · state control · nationalization · market regulation
small, smaller, smallest, smallish, smallness, government, governments, governmental, governmentally