Something I think I should quickly mention. The first part of the video on "smaller government" uses a very biased statistical analysis.
For instance, the democrat presidents who had an overall reduction in the size of government are placed in the "Reduction" category. Carter, who had an overall increase in size of government though at one point reduced it, is placed in the "Reduction & Expansion" category. President Johnson, who did nothing but increase the size of government, is ignored completely.
The same kind of categorization is not used for the Republican presidents. Despite the fact that all the Republican presidents (other than Ford) both reduced and expanded the size of government during their presidency, they are placed in the category "Expansion" rather than "Reduction & Expansion". Ford, the only Republican to reduce the size of government overall, is not placed in the category of "Reduction" but rather "Slight Reduction".
The fact that two Republican presidents (Reagan and Bush Senior) had slight expansions (smaller even than the expansions under Democrats Johnson and Carter) is ignored.
For instance, the democrat presidents who had an overall reduction in the size of government are placed in the "Reduction" category. Carter, who had an overall increase in size of government though at one point reduced it, is placed in the "Reduction & Expansion" category. President Johnson, who did nothing but increase the size of government, is ignored completely.
The same kind of categorization is not used for the Republican presidents. Despite the fact that all the Republican presidents (other than Ford) both reduced and expanded the size of government during their presidency, they are placed in the category "Expansion" rather than "Reduction & Expansion". Ford, the only Republican to reduce the size of government overall, is not placed in the category of "Reduction" but rather "Slight Reduction".
The fact that two Republican presidents (Reagan and Bush Senior) had slight expansions (smaller even than the expansions under Democrats Johnson and Carter) is ignored.
