English term
nanny state republican
Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, has defended this by essentially saying, I don't want to be a nanny state Republican
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Reference comments
nanny state
n. Informal
A government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety regulations.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nanny state
Nanny state is a conservative term of British origin that conveys a view that a government or its policies are overprotective or interfering unduly with personal choice.[1] The term "nanny state" likens government to the role that a nanny has in child rearing. An early usage of the term comes from Conservative British MP Iain Macleod who referred to "what I like to call the nanny state" in the December 3, 1965 edition of The Spectator.[2]
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United States[edit]
Although the term is undefined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it has entered use in the United States over the past decade by some political commentators...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_state
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