Originally posted by Dagamus(NM)
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A small government has nothing to do with the war on drugs or Planned Parenthood. A small government can have bad policy. When people talk about small government, they mean small footprint in our lives. In your example about the environment, the EPA has to be huge to solve those perceived issues you have. Same for Department of Labor.
You conflate two issues when talking about pro-business versus the environment or labor. Protecting the environment will always come at the cost of freedom. Protecting labor will always come at the cost of economic output.
A classical liberal says something like this regarding guns, business and small government: Guns don't kill people, people kill people. A rising tide raises all ships (re: Business). The government should protect us from foreign enemies and not bother us (they shouldn't be bothering us daily).
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