Definition of Less Government

A recent letter writer wants to know what “less government” means and then proceeds to wonder about speed limits and purple houses. Less government means more personal freedom, less confiscation of personal income, and an increase in civil society.

Less government doesn't:

- Spend $3.5 trillion per year.
- Add $1.2 trillion per year to a $13.5 trillion debt.
- Create a health entitlement program costing $2.7 trillion over a full 10 years while adding $350 billion to the debt.
- Conduct unjust wars in foreign lands and spend taxpayer money on failed nation-building exercises.
- Use unwarranted wiretaps to spy on citizens (yes, even under Obama).
- Post 70,000 new pages to the Federal Register each year with costly regulations.
- Consume 44 percent of GDP.

So while some people worry whether less government means driving 95 MPH on the freeway or a brightly painted house in the neighborhood, others are concerned about the overbearing and crushing burden being placed on our backs.

[Letter to the Editor | Farmington Observer | Submitted 09/17/2010.]