* Why a website defending government? Because, like many Americans, I am tired of the government bashing that is constantly coming from the political right. For decades conservatives have been demonizing government and not enough has been done to defend it. Ever since Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that 'Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem,' Republicans have been waging a political war against this institution. Their core message: the free market is good and government is bad. Blithely ignoring anything good about government, conservatives have conducted a relentless smear campaign against this institution, portraying it as wasteful, ineffective, corrupt, oppressive, and bad for business. And wherever they have been in power, Republican officials have pursued an anti-government agenda of slashing taxes, cutting social programs, and rolling back regulations. 'Smaller government' has been the conservative mantra – except of course for the ever-growing expenditures for defense and national security."
* CONS: Republicans believe the best govt governs the least "He Governs Best Who Governs Least." The Headstrong Club: "The young American republic was founded in large measure in reaction to the remote and unaccountable government of the American colonies from London. In this context two great proponents of democracy, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, both argued that the role of the state should be as limited as possible. In Common Sense, published in January 1776, Paine declared; “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
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