Carolina Journal Radio’s Mitch Kokai recently sat down with Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner to discuss the cozy relationship between Big Business and Big Government. It’s a must-read interview about a problem that afflicts both major political parties.
Carney: Yes. I would say the Democrats, the party of the little guy, are still the party of Big Business, and the Republicans, the party of small government, are still the party of Big Government. So both parties are the parties of Big Business and Big Government. And, really, the Republicans’ biggest sort of Big Government actions over the last decade have been at the requests of Big Business, whether we’re talking about the Wall Street bailout or Medicare expansion to cover prescription drugs. Those were things that the industry was lobbying for, and that was part of the reason so many Republicans were won over to the side of Big Government, I think.
