Government involvement?

Here's an interesting thought that most people never really acknowledge.

I don't have an answer for this nor does seemingly anyone else, but worth mentioning especially these days of political unrest.

Most people these days say that government is much to big and its involvement is much to great. I tend to agree with this. Here's the rub.
Generally speaking it is said, leave big business alone and it will correct its self. In theory this makes a lot of sense, since in hard times business will or should try to improve its self to maintain profits, etc..

The last downturn was a prime example of big business not looking to correct its self but to windfall as much profit as fast as possible without any regards of the outcome. This seems to be a very popular trend in business these days. Okay- so the big question here is--- Why now do we ask and blame government for our economic woes when we whined about wanting them to step aside and let business run its course? Seems like a lot of people are being hypocritical.

What's your opinion on this? But ya got to be objective on your thoughts. If you pick a political side and just point your finger at one person or party, you're not being honest with yourself. This theory on how government should work is as old as our country.
I posted this question on my Blog hoping to get a good cross section of opinions..