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(A) BIG BUSINESS AND BIG GOVERNMENT: why some are Democrats and some are Republicans
(A.1) American Political Ideologies [video] , (pdf of file in video), [survey of American political beliefs, why some people fear big business and some fear big government]
(A.2) The political beliefs of Americans: past and present [article] [the Pilgrims, survey of American political beliefs]
(B) REASONS TO LOVE BIG GOVERNMENT AND FEAR BIG BUSINESS (AND THUS BE A DEMOCRAT)
(B.1) The Progressive Movement and today's many labor regulations [article] [why people support big government] [labor conflicts, unions, Industrial Revolution, The Jungle, the Triangle Fire, modern labor questions]
(B.2) An American love for printing money [article] [why people support big government] [the Great Depression, FDR's contribution, the harms of deflation, printing money then and today]
(B.3) Pollution and environmental regulations [article] [why people support big government] [pollution, environment, corporations] [article is also in the Markets and Society section]
(C) REASONS TO LOVE BIG BUSINESS AND FEAR BIG GOVERNMENT (AND THUS BE A REPUBLICAN)
(C.1) A government of bad intentions and corrupt practices [article] [why people oppose big government] [public choice economics, how politics really works, political corruption, the sugar program]
(C.2) Why Robin Hood was bad for the poor [article] [why people support big business, investments by the wealthy, Atlas Shrugged, government confiscation]
