(August 20, 2014 at 6:42 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 16, 2014 at 8:59 am)Brian37 Wrote: I am sick of republicans and libertarians and Ayn Rand assholes claiming that "get government out of the way" helps.
Sometimes the government can fix a problem, sometimes it cannot, and sometimes it makes the problem worse. Take each case on its own merits.
Myself, I lean towards smaller government simply because I don't trust institutionalized power.
Sometimes government can act positively, and I do believe that social equality issues are one arena where it can and does help ... and I'm a libertarian.
Glad I'm not the only one around here saying roughly the same.