Quote Originally Posted by leo9 View Post
Take away all the controls and regulations, and the vast fortunes are made by criminals. That's why "small government" never works for long (only for as long as it takes for the honest businessmen to be pushed aside), but has a powerful and well funded lobby.
That isn't what I or anyone I know means by "small government". Government's proper role is to protect the individual.

By "small government", what's typically meant is keeping government programs small and ensuring people have the opportunity to be self-reliant rather than reliant on government.