Campbell
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- Aug 20, 2015
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I see this over and over. Conservatives are for limited government. Just because we say we don't want government doing things where government is inept, counterproductive, wasteful or whatever, does not mean that we should shut it down totally.
Yes, we do need roads, bridges, highways, jails, schools, aircraft carriers, GPS satellites, standard weights and measures, courts, etc etc. Saying we don't need subsidies for crummy cars badly built and still with astronomical prices does not mean we don't need highways.
The conservative view is that the government should be a useful servant of the people's needs. However, you give it too much money, power, authority it becomes the worst sort of master.
I get it. The Conservative's idea of good governance is making sure there's enough war for the war profiteers. Making it responsive to the needs of "job creators"-even if those jobs are overseas. Insuring that "friends" of Conservative government aren't discouraged from sheltering their money in tax havens and making sure the middle class picks up the slack. Rewarding hugely profitable global corporations with billions in subsidies, oh I could go on, this stereotyping game is easy, conservatives aren't the only ones who know how to play it.
Sometimes when I read something like this I have to hold my breath:
Army to Congress: Thanks, but no tanks