I'd caution against taking the Republican's word that they want a 'small government'. History contradicts this assertion -- the last 3 republican administrations increased the budget deficit.
I think Republicans want to allocate funding differently from the Democrats, but I'm not so sure they want to do any kind of 'small government'.
Amen. 100% of problems mentioned by grandparent (Bush tax cuts, Medicare prescription bill, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq) were enacted by a Republican president.
I think Republicans want to allocate funding differently from the Democrats, but I'm not so sure they want to do any kind of 'small government'.