Obama says what is important is not the size of government but, rather, whether it 'works.' This is an interesting thought. Communist and purely socialist governments have been large, and haven't worked very well. There is an exception; the German government of the National Socialist Party, otherwise known as Nazi's, worked very well, though most Americans would not say that their agenda was appropriate. (I recently saw where an Islamic clerical leader applauded the Nazi's handling of Jews, so not everyone saw the Nazi's as bad.)