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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (236023)10/28/2013 2:05:22 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 543356
 
But you don't argue against that stuff by talking about "bigger" or "smaller" government. If you want to say, "government shouldn't be doing that," fine, say it, argue it. But the "smaller government" people just scream "we want smaller government". And then they say, We want to save Medicare [by turning it into a voucher program].

"Bigger", "smaller"--that is all just rhetoric. Argue the program you want to kill or transform on its merits. That is something that can be discussed intelligently. Not "bigger" or "smaller"--that is just Norquistian/Frank whathisname demagoguery to appeal to the unthinking masses who read/post on SI or other RW blogs or mass media.
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