Reply #14: The Answer: Americans LOVE government

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We love it. We can't get enough of it. We talk, bitch, vote, and run for it like crazy. Every time there is a problem we blame government for not already solving the problem. We create more government all the time. We've got water districts, sanitation districts, fire districts, and just about anything else we can turn into a government function. So the idea that we want smaller government does not match up with our behavior.

This doesn't address the fact that there are cases when we need less government. Local governments are typically more in peoples business than the feds or the state.