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To: JohnM who wrote (6818)	12/13/2005 10:29:55 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542122

I don't see anything that argues that Straussians favored a small government Strauss favored a government by the elite. The actual size or makeup is not relevant. Strauss ideas are being carried out by deciples who called themselves neocons. Their tactic is to bend our elected system toward rule by the elite by reducing the power of the elected bodies, and increasing the power of corporations. It won't eliminate government, but it will they hope confine government to defense and little else. This is a strategy. The assumption is that corporate leadership is a meritocracy and therefore the elite will naturally congregate there, especially if they don't have to worry about their assets being taxed. Leo Strauss himself had nothing (I think) to say about this specific means to an end. I know it's a bit confusing since you can't talk about the neocons except in terms of Strauss, but Leo Strass himself predated the neocons and their plans. When I say the neocons favor a small government I mean Kristol, and Cheney, and Wolfowitz, and Grover Norquist, and I don't mean Struass. In the meantime I'm sure the neocons feel that they have moved the philosophy beyond theory and into practice and so modify it to fit their circumstances. TP