"Small government" refers to a political philosophy that advocates for a limited role of the government in people's lives. It means giving less power and control to the government, with fewer regulations, lower taxes, and fewer services provided by the state.
Full definition
Since 2006 federal programs and services have been cut dramatically, simply to serve a conservative ideology
of small government.
Lawmakers and local leaders
say small governments are cutting back, but need the state to give them some help, too.
If this response was taken to performance across the board we would probably have a
very small government and civil service indeed.
A small miracle has happened since 2007 after I had given up my job [and
small government salary] to continue a commitment in property investment.
Now he wants to bring that same brand of Republican politics to a statewide campaign, while still adhering to conservative principles
of smaller government.
An unusual coalition of
small government conservatives and anti-testing progressives have joined with growing numbers of parents concerned with how test based accountability is consuming their children's education.
Through the 1990s Thompson subsisted
on smaller government projects for satellites used in research and navigation.
Cameron's repositioning of the party as a compassionate Conservative party,
with small government and low tax roots but progressive social attitudes, has resonated with voters.
One would think, for instance, that the Conservative party would nominate candidates who stand for conservative principles such
as smaller government, while the Working Families line would feature candidates favoring organized labor, big government, and other traditionally left wing issues.
Slate: Ted Cruz Loves
Small Government So Much He Wants Congress to Force More School Vouchers on DC
The senior senator from New York suggested Trump was forsaking the broadly appealing elements of his campaign platform for traditional
small government Republican ideology.
Since then some 50 have indeed been established, funded partly by local authorities and partly by legal aid and
small government grants, but there has never been sufficient political will to expand them into a national legal service with a career structure capable of matching private practice.
With regard to the challenge of improving Canada's long - term productivity growth, the government's response was to reduce the tax benefit of the Scientific Research and Experimental Tax credit and to reallocate the savings of only about $ 1 billion over five years to a number of
small government programs, for which no details were provided.
It applies the same values (rights of the individual, duties of the government) to many situations and avoids contradictions that other party leaders espouse (e.g. Republicans
supporting small government except in certain military and social situations, or Democrats supporting both equal treatment of all groups and race and college / job applications).
For readers who don't know what I'm talking about: ever since Reagan, the G.O.P. has been run by people who want a
much smaller government.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson's pilgrimage to Tampa to seek
more small government, big liberty adherents and additional publicity is paying off, at least with a subset of November voters.
Critics contend that a lack of direction could
plague small governments who are trying to beat back debt obligations while at the same time providing services to their populations.
He also said he was considering just appointing leaders to 42,000 barangays, the Philippines»
smallest government unit, rather than letting them be selected in elections slated for October.
The fundamental question for the 2015 election is whether Canadians want to continue on a path to
even smaller government or to change direction and halt the deterioration in government programs and services.
Small government handouts to low income humans are called «socialism», while large governmemt handouts to large wealthy companies and virtual monopolies are called capitalism».
I really hope that the GOP catches up on domestic issues and realizes that religion needs to stay out of politics, because I and many others believe that
Small government where the majority of power is left to the states is the superior form of government, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Addiction is certainly a problem, but if the right wing truly believes in
smaller government then they have no business enlarging the government by forcing their religiously motivated values on others who do them no harm.