alt Hacker NewsI think it should be noted that the current government, which did this silly thing, belongs to a party that is pretty much advertising on wanting to be a smaller government that gets involved less. That is a large part of why people vote for them.
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> belongs to a party that is pretty much advertising on wanting to be a smaller government that gets involved less.
It's the other way around. Americans voted for Trump hoping he'd improve the country's economy and address the cost-of-living crisis. For example, one of the main proposals was to make ICE bigger and use it to deport as many people as possible, hoping it'd give back jobs to Americans. Another key proposal was to withdraw from climate agreements and stimulate the mining industry.
>belongs to a party that is pretty much advertising on wanting to be a smaller government that gets involved less. That is a large part of why people vote for them.
I don't think that's been the Republican messaging for years (ever since Trump) and it's certainly not a "large part of why people vote for them".
I think a very large fraction of Republican support in this day and age is based on social and cultural topics and feelings.
Despite advertising themselves as such, the party hasn't been for actual small government at least during my entire lifetime (40+ years).
That is a view of the American Republican party that is multiple decades out of date.
Then the people voting for them should pay more attention to what that party does when it is in power.
“Advertising” vs “doing”
Those days are long gone. Trump is much more of a statist when it comes to the economy. Not that surprising coming from a long-time Democrat.
"Small government" is a euphemism for letting racist people be racist without censure.
Small government has always been a euphemism for a government working on less distribution of wealth. Governments always intervene in the economy one way or another.