A tax/increase is irrelevent to making government smaller, he still hasn't decreased the size and scope of government at all. In fact, he has done just the opposite of that. I dont expect a Harry Browne to get elected, but I will only vote for someone who gets it moving in the right direction. Bush is not taking it in the right directly, he's just 'not as bad as the other guy.' Hardly a motivation to vote for him.
How many were enacted in the last two years?
That's a bit trickly in war and a slack economy. Other than blowing out the disgraceful farm bill, and the steel quotas, why don't you just list the cuts you favor. Please try to find some that are in double digit billions. Ranting about the Endowment for the Humanities or PBS simply won't cut it.