A government can either raise taxes or run deficits, neither of which appeal to me. People can also vote to make government smaller.
Smaller government seems like a pipe dream to me given how Reagan made his “A Time for Choosing” speech over half a century ago, yet government got larger, even under Reagan. Now government’s become “too big too fail.”
No, smaller government is not an option. The people don’t want it.
We will get a smaller government eventually. Either voluntarily and gradually, or more likely very suddenly with no other choice.