: "is there a significant difference between the long-term goals of "small government" orgs and "radicalized" orgs? rhetoric has been increasingly mask-off in cheering on self-coup but i'm sure similar "i want to make government small enough to drown in a bathtub" quotes existed before 2001."

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is there a significant difference between the long-term goals of "small government" orgs and "radicalized" orgs? rhetoric has been increasingly mask-off in cheering on self-coup but i'm sure similar "i want to make government small enough to drown in a bathtub" quotes existed before 2001.

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28 years ago it was "lower taxes/less regulation." Very big on things like "Enterprise Zones," low tax area in cities to bring businesses and jobs back to inner cities.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

the name seems to evoke "heritage not hate" NeoConfederates but directly, Joseph Coors was a major player in the John Birch Society. i don't think their intentions ever sincerely rested at "small government" and creationism, they sure are chuffed to speak directly to their true goals

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