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The '''nanny state''' describes the tendency of [[liberal]] politicians to enact policies that make economic and health decisions for citizens. It is [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]' method of increasing their control over people by pretending to solve [[society]]'s problems by putting the [[government]] in charge of issues that used to be handled well by parents. Essentially, the government becomes the decision maker as the person who knows what is in your best interest. It removes responsibility from individuals and parents and promotes [[liberal values|irresponsibility and dependence]]. The nanny state erodes the authority of parents to a virtual irrelevancy.

The '''nanny state''' describes the tendency of [[liberal]] politicians to enact policies that make economic and health decisions for citizens. It is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] method of solving [[society]]'s problems by putting the [[government]] in control of the people. Essentially, the government becomes the decision maker as the person who knows what is in your best interest. It removes responsibility from individuals and parents and promotes [[liberal values|irresponsibility and dependence]].

 

Not every nanny state style policy seems like a bad idea, and arguments can be made for the state intervening to stop for instance the insane from taking their own lives. All but the most radical of [[Libertarian]]s recognize that the state has some responsibility to prevent children for marrying too young or to prevent the use of hard drugs. The great difficulty that a [[conservative]] world view helps us to deal with is keeping the nanny state impulse from getting out of control. As more and more nanny state policies are enacted it becomes legitimately in the states best interest and part of the states purview to enact more and more legislation that infringes on our liberties. Reducing the costs of the National Health Service has lead to [[British]] interference with diets and needle exchange programs.

==Examples==

==Examples==

==See Also==

==See Also==

* [[Big government]] [[liberal]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[socialist]] [[Nanny state]], leads to [[communist]] [[Police state]]

* [[Police state]]

* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]

* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]

== External Links ==

== External Links ==

* [http://newsbusters.org/nanny-staters-vision-undistracted-driving.html Nanny State political cartoon]

* [http://newsbusters.org/nanny-staters-vision-undistracted-driving.html Nanny State political cartoon]

==References==

==References==

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