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tsotha | karma 4566 | avg karma 1.52 · 2011-08-15 01:50:23

Amen to that. Why is it so hard for leftists to understand people voting for small government are voting in their own interest?

muhfuhkuh | karma 3029 | avg karma 5.02 · 2011-08-15 06:58:09+00:00

I didn't know the PATRIOT Act, all those porn scanners, Homeland Security, and decade-long wars were small government.

Refresh for me again under what leadership all those started?

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tsotha | karma 4566 | avg karma 1.52 · 2011-08-15 02:37:59

My memory is a little cloudy as well. Maybe you can tell me who continued all those things, and even extended them.

But I thought we were talking about economics.

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Andrew_Quentin | karma 898 | avg karma 1.83 · 2011-08-15 11:45:05+00:00

That's not really a counter argument. You stated republicans stand for small government, not democrats. You were given concrete examples which disprove what you stated. Arguing that the democrats are just the same is simply stating that republicans do not stand for small government.

tsotha | karma 4566 | avg karma 1.52 · 2011-08-15 12:44:15

No, I didn't say Republicans stand for small government. Some of them do. Not enough.

But certainly people interested in a small, limited government aren't going to vote for redistributive policies.

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