Key

That's rather silly. Not even going to get into the business arc of it involving Trump. Also, what's he going to do, hold Congress down and force them to agree with the way he runs things or else? Not going to work since the President doesn't actually have as much power as people think.

BlackMalachite

That's exactly what I said, I wanted a strict budget.

Obama proved over these last eight years (four in particular) that he can practically steamroll over Congress, so I'm not exactly sure what would be so different in regards to that.

Key

Yes, because one out of the eight years he actually stood up to Congress counts as steamrolling.

Frownland

Ah I misread it but now I have another question. Isn't regulations enforcement BIG GOVERNMENT?

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BlackMalachite

He passed quite few executive orders if memory serves me correctly, correct me if I'm wrong though.

No, it's limited government. Big government is interference with business policy in terms of how they run their business within the scope of the established rules.

Key

I wouldn't know factually. My mom follows politics more than I do and she said he really only started to stand up to Congress in his last year or so.

Frownland

But how do you enforce regulations without creating established rules and interfering with business policy that breaks said regulations?

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BlackMalachite

I did notice a sharp spike in the amount of activity Obama's been pushing through in this last year, so from what I've seen your mom is right. Although I wouldn't call it "standing up" considering a lot of things that have been passed due to these orders aren't exactly morally sound.

Oh no what I'm saying is; limited government is enforcing those established rules and regulations, big government is going beyond those rules and regulations to try and get involved much deeper into the way a business is run (aka who they can and can't serve to, etc)

Key

Example?

Frownland

Before those rules were established, they had to be created. I think big government just tricked you into supporting it.

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