All money the government pays out goes towards someone's lifestyle; objects don't use cash. I'm not sure what your complaint is there. The government paying som

All money the government pays out goes towards someone's lifestyle; objects don't use cash. I'm not sure what your complaint is there. The government paying someone to sit there and do nothing in retirement is at least as governmenty as paying someone to fill in holes in a road, for example. > Who wants a "small government" that provides no services to taxpayers? The people who are saying "I want a small government". That is what a small government is. A small government is one that doesn't do very much and that test is how you can tell the US government isn't one.