I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Government is the only industry in which we don't have a choice. If you live somewhere, you belong to that government. So we get bad service for high prices. This doesn't have to be.
Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.
I'm against high taxes. But we certainly cannot be so anorexic in government that we cannot function.
People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.
I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.
Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law.
There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.
But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion.
What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for.