Quite frankly, I’m not buying this statistic.  I would like to believe it … but it just runs counter to my experience.  However, if it turns out to be true, it’s pretty encouraging for those of you dedicated to the causes of freedom and limited government …

A new Gallup poll found that 65% of Americans believe that big government is the biggest threat to our country.  This is well above the 26% who are concerned about big business and the 8% who picked big labor.  Divided among party lines, it is exactly what you would expect: 82% of Republicans said big government was their gravest concern compared to just 48% of Democrats.  That’s no surprise considering that the Democrat Party is pretty much the party of moochers, parasites and government dependency. 

If this statistic is true, than Barack Obama should have zero chance at re-election.  The man has taken the definition of big government and expanded it beyond liberal expectations … and all in a dismal economy! 

• In less than three years, Barack Obama managed to increase the federal debt by $4.212 trillion--more than the total national debt of about $4.1672 trillion accumulated by all 41 presidents from George Washington through George H.W. Bush combined. 

• The deficits generated under the Obama administration are the largest since the end of World War Two. 

• In 2011 alone, the Obama administration’s proposed and final rules have cost more than $230 billion and will most likely impose 120 million hours of paper-pushing on businesses. 

• And as if Dodd-Frank wasn’t bad enough, ObamaCare may well be one of the most iconic examples of big government.  It will cost our economy trillions and bog down the private market with federal mandates and eventually take over the entire system. 

• On top of all of that, Obama has received more in campaign contributions from “big business” this year than any Republican presidential candidate.

I understand that Barack Obama is not the first big government president.  In fact, George W. Bush was no slacker when it came to growing the size and power of the Imperial Federal Government … but Obama has managed to take big government to that next level.  And it will only continue to grow if we give him the chance.  What has he said or done that would lead you to believe otherwise?  Exactly.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand the people who will say that they fear big government and then turn around and cast a ballot for Barack Obama.  These are ignorant voters.  These are Obama’s children.  These are the government educated.  These are the single-issue voters.  I’ll believe it when I see it.