Why do roughly half of all Americans believe that government is too large? a. Because among the twenty-seven industrial democracies in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States ranks second in terms of federal, state, and local government spending as a proportion of its total economy. b. It partially reflects Americans' low level of trust in government. c. Because the United States spends more than half of their gross domestic product (GDP) on government at all levels. d. This statement is not true. The large majority of Americans believe that government is too small