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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
This is what happens when you have big government. That is not a left or right issue. IF you believe that the corporations, wall street, bankers, ect run the country (like I do) it would make no sense what so ever to make government bigger. Because the regulations and taxes the government (run by corporations) would only make it harder for the little guy to start a business and compete with these corporations.
You have to remember the reason some of the right want deregulation is not to help the big corporations but to help the small independent companies. Because those regulations are hurting the little guy more than the mega multi-nationals.
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That might be why some of the conservatives THINK they want "small government," but it always end up being welfare for large corporations when they elect their people and send them to Washington. And doesn't this all hinge on where and how government is made "small" anyway? If by making them "small" it means crippling the agencies that regulate companies like, I dunno, BP ... then I'd rather have "big" government in that specific case.
Now I give a nod to Paul on the social issues... he's an exception there to other conservative politicians, but when I think of what the rest of them want to do in terms of government intrusion into the average lives of Americans, they're anything but "small" government advocates. That's HUGE intrusive government. Again, Paul is an exception here and deserves credit for the consistency at least.