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The definition of liberal is not "grows the size and scope of federal government."
As a rough working definition, yeah, the notion that the government needs to expand in size - especially in domestic social spending - and scope - especially in controlling or limiting our choices, is a pretty good "thumb test" for liberalism. Certainly it isn't conservatism.
The PATRIOT Act does that too. Is the PATRIOT Act "liberal"?
Security is one of the proper functions of government. Telling us what kind of insurance we have to buy isn't. Telling us we aren't allowed to not support things like Birth Control isn't. Making it more expensive for us to work full time isn't.
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