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2016 Postmortem

Distant Quasar

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3. Well, a lot of what our government does is demonstrably not good.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 05:05 PM

Aug 2014

Much of what makes our government so large is the product of lobbying by elites and entrenched interests, not enlightened policy-making. Just look at our healthcare system.

I would prefer 1) a somewhat smaller government that focuses on the good stuff to 2) a larger government that does a few more good things, but also continues or even expands on all the destructive/counterproductive crap it does now.

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Small government Democrats? [View all] Distant Quasar Aug 2014 OP

Those are sensible and reasonable policy ideas that you have proposed. agbdf Aug 2014 #1

Size doesn't matter ... GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #2

Well, a lot of what our government does is demonstrably not good. Distant Quasar Aug 2014 #3

I don't know if anybody supports or proposes that. Chan790 Aug 2014 #4

You think Republicans want a carbon tax and military cuts? Distant Quasar Aug 2014 #5

No...but I know that they want less government and balanced budgets. Chan790 Aug 2014 #6

So more spending and more regulations are good Distant Quasar Aug 2014 #7