Despite Negativity...

Half of Americans say there is too much government regulation of business and industry, by one percentage point the highest in Gallup's history of asking this question, dating to 1993. Americans were least likely to say the government regulated business too much in February 2002, just months after 9/11 and at a time when President Bush and Congress were involved in efforts to combat terrorism and had high approval ratings. The "too much regulation" attitude held in the 30% range for most of the rest of the last decade, but jumped after President Obama took office in 2009.
Republicans have consistently been more likely than Democrats to say there is too much government regulation of business, but in recent years, the gap between Republican and Democratic views on this issue has widened substantially
Some of the negative views of government are related to politics. The fact that Democrats were more concerned about government power when Bush was president and Republicans are more concerned about it with Obama as president shows that some people will be negative about the government simply because of political partisanship. Additionally, there are clear philosophical and ideological differences in views of the government that create the dynamic tension that exists in any democratic system, with conservatives generally favoring less government and liberals favoring more government.

From as far back as the 90's, the government has been potentially viewed as having to much say over Americans. Uprisings in businesses and markets since this time has greatly impacted how congress implements "power" state to state. Though this may not  have been a great deal before President Bush took office but certainly after 9/11 people began to question the role and sufficiency of congress. Political parties also started to take a stand point against the government, in fact, for some time Republicans has widely viewed the government as having too much power while Democrats viewed this is at a much slower pace. Either way both political parties seemed to have an effect over the American people being that they are the voices  of the people. However it seems as if the debate over government regulation varies based upon the Presidential elect in office, which may also help one to understand that policies and socialism comes from how well each party interacts.