Not the person you asked, but I can respond for myself.
I honestly, truly believe that limiting the size and reach of government is voting in my own self interest.
I'm completely uninterested in class warfare stuff. I admire very wealthy people, I hope to be one someday.
Meanwhile, increasing the size, scope and power of the federal government has nothing but negative consequences for me and my family.
I guess you don't like roads, bridges, courts, fire departments, GPS, the Internet, modern medicine or stable food prices then.
This whole "limited government" fantasy is such a uniquely American delusion. It's crazy. It's propaganda sold to you by wealthy people who want to be able to poison your drinking water because it increases their personal wealth from $30 billion to $31 billion.
It borders on libertarianism, which, if that's what you're talking about, is such an incredibly naive and ridiculous political philosophy.
I am actually curious though: how exactly is big government creating "negative consequences for [you] and your family"?
That's a pretty tired old straw-man you're dragging out. Like, because I believe in limited government I somehow hate bridges.
You can do better.
BTW, roads etc... account for about 6% of state budget, and states provide 3/4 of the total funding [1].
> ... libertarianism .. is such an incredibly naive and ridiculous political philosophy.
Why?
>how exactly is big government creating "negative consequences for [you] and your family"?
- Censoring social media [2]
- Driving up inflation and the cost of food [3]
- Poisoning my kids with junk at school lunches [4]
- Bankrupting the nation with debt [5]
- Permits for everything! I can't add a railing to my front porch or remove a dead tree from my yard without permits.
- Ruinous taxation
That's hardly an exhaustive list, just some things that come to mind.
[1] https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...
[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/26/zuckerberg-meta-whi...
[3] https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/federal-spendi...
[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/lunch...