> I think you're confusing people who want small government with Republicans in general and people who just care about low taxes (or intentionally building a st

> I think you're confusing people who want small government with Republicans in general and people who just care about low taxes (or intentionally building a straw-man but I'll give you benefit of the doubt). That would be in-part because those two groups you mention like to advertise themselves are proponents of small government, when most often they are not. Hell I'd even wager many libertarians are less small-government than they claim and I've even heard many of them complain about too many Republican-lite types associating themselves.