Repudlicans are just as guilty.
The size, scope, power and cost of government has been increasing under both political parties. And when the size, scope, power and cost of government grow, by necessity, your freedoms shrink.
I'm not being a partisan when I say Obama is a damn fool for spending as much as he has. Not only will excessive spending, as we've seen (and I protested) during the Bush years, stifle economic growth, our dollar will collapse if no one is stupid enough to lend us that money. Chinese are saying they're unwilling to lend us any more. Saudis are probably equally as wary.