Did Axelrod make the argument for Smaller Government?

[CaptainObvious]

Size of government is really two different things. One being actual bodies employed, which is bloated because of inefficiencies and the other, bigger problem IMO, is the reach of government into our personal lives. I suppose having an army of people helps facilitate that intrusion, but a small government can still be very intrusive. Their powers must be severely resrticted, large numbers or not.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

In each and every department.

So now you clarify, after Tsing has gone off on a tangent! : )

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from Ricter:

So now you clarify, after Tsing has gone off on a tangent! : )

"Everyone" but you knew what he meant without clarification.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

Size of government is really two different things. One being actual bodies employed, which is bloated because of inefficiencies and the other, bigger problem IMO, is the reach of government into our personal lives. I suppose having an army of people helps facilitate that intrusion, but a small government can still be very intrusive. Their powers must be severely resrticted, large numbers or not.

Fair enough. Moves us back into the realm of opinion, which is where "government is too big" belongs.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from Ricter:

Fair enough. Moves us back into the realm of opinion, which is where "government is too big" belongs.

Sure, I'll start. Any function the government performs that is not in the constitution or it's amendments should be disbanded and run at the state level.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Quote from Ricter:

Fair enough. Moves us back into the realm of opinion, which is where "government is too big" belongs.

An overly intrusive goverment is bad for everyone regardless of opinion, as the AP is now finding out. Sooner or later they come for you.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from CaptainObvious:

An overly intrusive goverment is bad for everyone regardless of opinion, as the AP is now finding out. Sooner or later they come for you.

Of course, but this only begs the question, as we all have different opinions on when government is "overly intrusive".

 

[Tsing Tao]

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Of course, but this only begs the question, as we all have different opinions on when government is "overly intrusive".

Which is why we should fall back on an accepted document such as the Constitution to define purpose of government.

 

[Ricter]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

Which is why we should fall back on an accepted document such as the Constitution to define purpose of government.

You're an ideologue. In theory what you say is great, like "stay on the gold standard", but the world does not let these ideas get in the way of practicality. The gold standard was abandoned because it's a straightjacket, and government has grown faster than the Constitution has changed because society is changing faster than the Constitution can be amended.

 

[budcampbell]

Quote from JamesL:

Axelrod: Government ‘So Vast,‘ Obama Can't Know About Wrongdoing

The government is simply too big for President Obama to keep track of all the wrongdoing taking place on his watch, his former senior adviser, David Axelrod, told MSNBC. “Part of being president is there’s so much beneath you that you can’t know because the government is so vast,” he explained.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...ning-ap-tapping-‘save-somebody-else-buy-that’

Axelrod is the scum of the earth. He reminds one of a creepy pedophile head of the local PTA.