re: #523 HappyWarrior

Hahhahhaa sucks to be you. Oh and by the way you enver had that small government, low tax conservative you claimed Trump was. Reagan wasn’t that. You’ve been fed lies for years about conservatism. Conservatism in this country especially currently has never been about small government or low taxes(for the non wealthy).

I think a lot of conservative politicians get into office honestly believing in the idea of small government and lower taxes. But then they get faced with the realities of our system of government. Not just the need to compromise and build consensus to accomplish anything major (feature not a bug of the constitution, I believe), but that many of the programs they thought should be cut actually provide an important service, and that a lot of the apparent “waste” is actually spent on important matters. Kind of reminds me of this scene from the West Wing:

The West Wing - Four Hundred Dollar Ashtray