Why Big Government Always Fails—Mamdani’s Victory Speech Proves It

My friends,

As I consider the result of the New York City mayor’s race, I find myself thinking: “Surely people can’t keep falling for this.”

But then Zohran Mamdani walked to the podium to deliver his victory speech after being elected mayor of New York City, and within seconds, I realized exactly why we are where we are as a nation.

His crowd roared when he said, “There is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about.”

You read that right.

No problem too large for the government to solve. No concern too small.

Now, I grew up believing something very different. I grew up believing that government exists to secure our liberty, protect the rule of law, and ensure justice.

I don’t recall anything in the Constitution about government fixing every one of life’s problems — and certainly not replacing God in the process.

It’s almost hard to believe we’ve reached a point where people cheer for a politician who essentially promises to make government the answer to everything.

I mean, how far have we fallen from Reagan’s warning that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

During the show today, I played clips from Mamdani’s speech, and I’ll be honest with you — I couldn’t help but jump in with my reactions.

I tried my darnedest to refrain from interrupting him, but when he started pandering to identity politics and talking about how “no problem is too small for government to care about,” I just couldn’t take it.

But his audience loved it. They cheered as if he was offering salvation.

That’s what concerns me most.

Somewhere along the way, we started to confuse emotion with truth. People don’t stop to ask how the government will solve these “big problems.” They hear words that make them feel cared for — and that’s enough.

But the government can’t love you.

It can’t heal your brokenness. It can’t fix your heart or raise your children or give your life meaning. The more we hand over those responsibilities to government, the smaller our individual freedom becomes — until one day, we realize we’ve traded liberty for comfort, and neither one works.

So today’s episode isn’t just about a speech.

It’s about what that speech represents — a philosophical and moral divide in America that’s getting harder to bridge. In fact, it may be impossible in at least some instances.

On one side, you have the belief that people should be free to live their lives, make their own choices, and take responsibility for their outcomes.

On the other hand, you have a belief that government should orchestrate every part of society, redistributing resources and redefining right and wrong along the way.

We can’t compromise with that ideology — we have to defeat it.

If government is the answer to everything, then freedom quickly becomes the problem.

🎧 Listen to today’s Toddcast here

Conservative, not bitter.

Todd

🎙️ Breakdown of Zohran Mamdani’s claim that government can solve every problem.
⚖️ Contrast between big-government ideology and Reagan’s warning about government “help.”
🧠 Exposure of how emotion is used to override logic in modern politics.
🙏 Examination of the cultural shift toward treating government as a moral authority.
🇺🇸 Focus on liberty, responsibility, and why limited government preserves both.

My friends, there’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll be blunt. Yesterday was a big loss for Republicans. Republicans lost the governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia, and now New York City is set to be run by a virtual communist.

California voted to redistrict itself, making it even more likely that more Democrats head to Congress. This is the nature of off-year elections. The party in power usually takes it on the chin.

This one is fueled by rage, resentment, and lies. Lies about Donald Trump’s political philosophy and lies about the promises of socialism.

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