"The size, scope, and intrusiveness of government in America has declined since the 1950s" is some kind of take, all right. https://twitter.com/jeffspross/status/1197769011439775745 …
Govt's role in employment & housing is much larger than it was, with the expansion of anti-discrimination laws. The ADA alone has reached deep into the physical environment of building & transit.
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Environmental regulation was virtually unknown before 1970. The Fed is much more deeply embedded in the banking industry. Financial industry regulation has added forests of rules & forms, tons of compliance jobs & bureaucracy.
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Then there's litigation; the court dockets are massively larger today. You can continue to try to die on this hill, but it is simply not a defensible position.
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