Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for getting us back on the path to long-term prosperity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We just simply want to get back to basics, get - restore essentially the constitutional foundation of the country, and that means the federal government becoming less onerous, less involved in every - basically every item of our lives. And what that means is there does have to be some transition.
The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.
We've made great progress coordinating better as a government.
It's hard to make something as large as a government change. It's a little bit like building the transcontinental railroad.
The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this.
It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.
No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.
The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.
In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.
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