To them, Big Government means Mourdock and Akin dictating which rapist's babies need to be carried to term. It means old white guys preventing their gay and lesbian friends from getting married. It means government refusing to give them free birth control, because it wants to control their sexual behavior. It means politicians spending money on the military instead of the free health care the people "need".
We have a big problem with definitions. And with the fact that young Americans want the upper middle class lifestyles they see on television without having to do any real work to achieve them.
Mr. Jeeves came close to representing my views. I don’t want my government imposing religious beliefs on secular society. In particular I don’t want men defining policies that adversely affect women’s health.
I agree that young Americans want the upper middle class lifestyle. And I suppose it is true that many of these people only see that lifestyle on television, though in the SF Bay area they see that lifestyle all around them. I disagree with the notion that all these young people, or even a majority of them expect to be able to have that lifestyle without doing any real work. I see lots of young people working very hard to learn programming skills and trying to come up with an idea to turn into a startup.