“You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.” ThinkingMeanBigsGovernmentLawTermNumbersApproachConcernArgumentSizeLocalsEngagedEmployeeAxesLocal GovernmentSize Of Government Author:Zephyr Teachout
“There are some libertarians who are really anarchists, but others are more concerned about the distant relationship between themselves and power. They mistakenly think they want to get rid of government when instead they might just want to have greater access to power.” ThinkingWantGovernmentMightGreaterConcernedLibertarianAccessAnarchistDistant Relationship Author:Zephyr Teachout
“I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of power because of big government." Then some Democrats tend to respond by saying, "No, you're wrong, you're not out of power." It's a sense that doesn't resonate with people's lived experience.” PeopleThinkingFeelsReasonBigsGovernmentPartyDemocratTeaSaying NoTea PartyBig Government Author:Zephyr Teachout
“There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.” LongGovernmentPoliticalTurnsDemocracyEconomicTraditionTendenciesSuspicionEconomic PowerPlutocracyAmerican TraditionCorrupt Government Book:Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United Source: Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United
