What Is Small Government?
You can “hate government” all you like, but as long as you’re not interested in slashing the Pentagon, Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, there’s just no way you can seriously reduce its size.
Perhaps we need to decide what we mean by “size". Or maybe size is the wrong word entirely.
Via Catallarchy, I read this ridiculous list of hoops a business in Colorado has to jump through:
I need to fly to Colorado to get fingerprinted for my FBI background check that is needed for the license. This despite the fact that I have been fingerprinted and background-checked for liquor licenses in several other states.
What does the F in FBI stand for again?
I think we can have government that makes sure poor, young, and old people get food, shelter, education, and healthcare. I don’t think that requires making people get approval for every god damn thing they do. So my brand of left-libertarianism will accept government that’s big in SIZE in return for government that’s small in SCOPE.
A safety net is very different from an obstacle course.