But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A government that doesn't work is in no one's interest.
The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.
In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.
We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.
We should have a very limited federal government.
Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
The government never does anything successfully.