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Nope. The size of government is a COMPLETELY arbitrary way to measure liberty and lack thereof. It sounds good when you don't think that deeply about it and have had it drilled into your head by people you undeservedly respect, but it's demagogue nonsense.
It's not the SIZE of the government, it's what it's used for and how well.
Example: Republicans just increased the budget of the domestic terrorist group ICE more than 48-fold and "small government" drones are convinced that it'll make government smaller by kidnapping and/or murdering all "illegal aliens on welfare" in spite of the fact that undocumented immigrants are ineligible for any government assistance and it's near-impossible for most people who ARE eligible and satisfy all criteria for aid to get through all the hoops.
And that's not even going into the whole abortion rights issue or the enormity of the military industrial complex, the prison slave labor trade, and the for profit health insurance industry..
Government size actually matters. Right now it fits in yoyr doctor's office and bedroom, soon it will fit in your blood.