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Originally Posted by checkthisout
What do you mean when you say big or small? Are you talking about the reach of it's laws, the amount of taxes that it charges or the services it gets itself into?
Are you against National Parks? Are you against foreign aid? Are you against regulations?
Are you against the public school system as a whole on local level or are you against the dept of education at the federal level?
Do you think they charge too much for what you get back? If so, what model country or place in history are you using as your Mecca?
Do you despise FDR and everything he stood for?
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My opinion of the federal government is similar to the founding fathers. The federal government should provide for national defense, international trade and treaties.
We can't have the states making their own independent armies, and negotiating their own international treaties, but we can have states take care of their own roads, education, etc.
With a small federal government and (possibly) larger state governments, the people can shop around for a state who's services are similar to what they want. We can have 50 (or more if the states will farm out things to the local communities) separate experiments in the size of government. If a state blows it, the citizens and businesses will eventually teach them a lesson by moving (we are now seeing that in CA, NY and others). On the other hand, if the federal government is too big, we're just stuck.
Experimentation and competition will tend to improve the system over time.
A one size fits all solution mandated from Washington leads to bloated government, wasted spending, excessive control of our lives and corruption.
