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To: koan who wrote (48089)	7/8/2013 3:14:17 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 85487

Even if the people want big government (and many polls say they want smaller government than we have now, if still big), that doesn't mean small government is anti-democratic. Democracy is not the particular will of the people at a given time, its the system where the people, and/or their elected representatives vote on issues. Opposing a popular idea is not opposing democracy. Beyond that much of what government does (not the majority of its spending but a large part of its actions), aren't even popular. Some things are opposed by people, many more most people don't even know about. You could get rid of a lot of what government does without killing any program that has massive support from the people.