Conservatives: "We want small government." Also conservatives: "Government should ban gays and abortion and prostitution and drugs and Cardi B and..."

@Straylight They want a government that's small but also able to suppress the stuff they don't like lol

@BlueMetalChick “Small government” is an absolutely meaningless phrase that Republicans repeat to make it sound like they aren’t authoritarian.

@SW-User Because their idea of small government is cutting any politicians who don’t agree with them.

@Straylight Small government basically means keep all the overseas wars and corporate welfare and bank bailouts and shit like that but cut any spending for stuff that helps anyone that isn't already rich, e.g. public education or infrastructure maintenance or medicare.

@Straylight :) Other terms for small government are bottom-up government, and government for and by the people.

There's a far better chance that your city commission can respect and serve the best interest of the community than a bunch of billionaires in Washington DC.