Artfldgr says:
this one made me laugh a lot. because the same kind of person that figures this out as a means of smaller government, then usually goes forth to find out and then finds out that its not that way precisely becuase of socialism. (nd most of that socialism has dont nothing really positive, and always very very wasteful as they can always dip and take more...
if not for socialist/communist programs, how else would the government ever get that big?
the best they could do is maintain infrastructure, and so forth... something they diverted money from for, you guessed it, social programs.
without those departments, beureaus, agencies, inspectors, and on and on... they could only be so large and not be ridiculous... with socilaism.. they can and have grown larger than what people actually make, and hte debt actually goes past current lifetimes!