Daniel J. Popeo: Bigger government is not better, just bigger

Whatever their philosophical stripe, Americans seem united in their disillusionment with government and its consistently dysfunctional performance. Lately, much of this frustration has focused on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. This catastrophe offers the public a valuable lesson – bigger government isn’t necessarily better government.

While devotees of government activism have expressed shock over federal officials’ response to the spill, such incompetence and inefficiency is far from an aberration.