Republicans once called government the problem – now they want to run your life | Robert Reich

Ronald Reagan would not recognise a party that wants to intrude the power of the state everywhere, making a mockery of values it once espoused

I'm old enough to remember when the Republican party stood for limited government and Ronald Reagan thundered Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."

Today's Republican party, while still claiming to stand for limited government, is practicing just the opposite: government intrusion everywhere.