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This riddle has an simple solution. There is (strictly speaking) no such thing as a big government conservative.

There are many on FR who are here due to their social or religious conservatism, but who instinctively 'want the Government to do something'. They don't see why Government shouldn't be given all the power it wants, if it will only support their personal agendas.

The founding fathers knew better. Government must be restrained, or there is no freedom.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

Patrick Henry

I believe Donald Trump represents the best chance of breaking the uniparty stranglehold on America. I'm under no illusions: he is at best a haphazard conservative. But his brand of big government would undoubtedly be smaller and cleaner than the profoundly alien kleptocracy that Obama and Shrillary have created.

But when he gets in, I hope you guys will be vigilant. I hope FR will not gleefully support a tyrannical increase in the reach and scope of Government just because Trump is in the White House.

In my experience, economics has been what drives people to demand bigger and more onerous government to solve their concerns, not religion or social issues. It's government involvement that has mucked up social issues and created an assault on religion. The average American knows that boys can;t become girls and that grown men shouldn't be sharing a bathroom with 5 year old girls. Big government is anathema to common sense.

Trump can win, and after eight years of losing we need a win. The thought of 4-8 years of Hillary is probably more than I, or the country for that matter, could survive.

Even so, your concern about the size and scope of government is warranted.