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Where have you ever seen a mainstream republican candidate for small government? Reagan is the only one in my lifetime and even that is questionable. Both parti
by 4RealFreedom 3y ago
Where have you ever seen a mainstream republican candidate for small government? Reagan is the only one in my lifetime and even that is questionable. Both parties have always been about using the power of government for their own purposes. This is why the federal government never gets smaller. It's unfortunate because both parties are heavy handed in their pursuit of power. It's unavoidable because people always want action even to the determent of reason. This is not republican or democrat - this is human nature.
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoMost of them. Not that they actually implement small government when they get into office, but they'll scream it from the rooftops because to the "small town folks," small government equates to turning a blind eye to social justice issues. Cutting spending is never eliminating waste from government, because they'd never think of cutting the military budget. They always specifically target social services due to Reagan's welfare queen mythology that exists to this day. Reagan wasn't "small government" either, by the way. He expanded the government faster than any other POTUS in history outside of world wars. His economic policies also gave both parties the green light to spend like it's going out of style, although Republicans are notably bad when it comes to actually making economic sense with their taxes versus their expenditures.
- 4RealFreedom 3y agoHe talked about "small government". He didn't actively work on reducing the size of government at all. That's why I wrote that it was questionable.
- femiagbabiaka 3y agoReagan had gun control, the War on Drugs, 40% higher military spending, top down union busting via legislative technicalities. He’s wasn’t for small government at all, just lower taxes really.
- 4RealFreedom 3y agoI agree with you. I posted "Reagan is the only one in my lifetime and even that is questionable." He gave lip service to small government. In practice nothing really changed.
- monocularvision 3y agoFunny you should say that but the former governor (Doug Ducey) who signed this law was actually a pretty old-school, conservative Republican. I was very disappointed he signed this bill considering the rest of his record. I get the feeling he knew it wouldn’t stand legal challenges (but it was still disappointing). In a saner Republican Party he would have been a good Senator or even Presidential nominee. Unfortunately, that isn’t the age we live in.
- krainboltgreene 3y ago> rest of his record I'm wondering if you've actually paid attention to his record. Most of it is expanding the role and power of government.