A little while ago, I wrote a post about how I was skeptical about most claims for small government. Simply put, most people are unwilling to cut the three or four major items that constitute the vast majority of the Federal budget. In the comments, Gabriel wrote that it’s more important for social scientists realize that small government attitudes correlate with other behaviors. Being for “small government” might actually mean, for example, opposing expanding entitlement programs.
I’d like to riff off Gabriel’s comments. Assume that small government ideology is, for most people, not meant to be taken literally. Sure, a few hard core libertarians want a strict roll back of the state, but most conservatives don’t really mean it. They might oppose expanding social security, for example. So, we are left with a question: Why choose the small government frame for your point? Why not “big government but…
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