This is always the most laughable demand of conservatives.
Let this sink in: no president since Calvin Coolidge (1924) has left the government "smaller" than when he took office!
The American voter doesn't want "smaller" government. If it did, that's what politicians would deliver.
The American voter doesn't want "smaller" government. If it did, that's what politicians would deliver.
Do you honestly believe this? The politicians from both entrenched major parties don't give a damn what people want. They just want to be elected, and will say anything to achieve this. Once they are there they can just rely on their incumbancy status and tell people that their opponents will eat their children if they aren't re-elected. The only way politicians will deliver is if they are seriously made to realize that they will be thrown out on their butts regardless of whether or not there is an 'R' or a 'D' beside their name. Voting the party line will NOT accomplish this.
Bingo! People will always vote themselves a free lunch. Name a democracy on earth where the government isn't growing larger each year.
This voter does. I think that a lot of voters have, but have listened to the arguments made by those who will still vote Republican this year, despite being slapped in the face over and over.