Very few of the GOP are truly for smaller government in a real sense. Most of them are just for rearranging deck chairs.
Rand Paul pointed out that all it takes to technically “balance the budget”...if I remember his interview correctly....is to simply go back to the 2002 budget. But something that simply is laughed at. Even THAT isn’t enough, but the GOP won’t even support that.
Bush failed us on 3 main fronts. One was the massive expansion of the budget with added redtape. Second was the creation of the hideous Department of Homeland Security and making the Patriot Act thus clear to be used DOMESTICALLY. Third was the cover for the further bailouts and the expansion of the Fed’s power.
There are other issues of course, but those are 3 biggies.
How many GOPers would actually support ending DHS? How many would seriously challenge the Fed and world financiers?
I wholeheartedly support ending DHS.
That is what made FEMA such a mess in the first place.