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> There is a difference between definitions of "small government" The traditional Republican definition of "small government" has been something like Norquist'
by mcphage 1y ago
> There is a difference between definitions of "small government"
The traditional Republican definition of "small government" has been something like Norquist's: "I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub."
Until Trump, I don't think there had been any Republican support for the "few people with a lot of authority and no oversight" definition. Now it seems pretty widespread, though.