{"id":105,"date":"2019-09-27T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2019-12-18T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T23:03:04","slug":"bold-exciting-small-government-proposals-form-our-roadmap-to-small-government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/bold-exciting-small-government-proposals-form-our-roadmap-to-small-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Bold, exciting small government proposals form our roadmap to small government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we run a small government campaign, how can we get the\nbiggest bang for our buck? How can we make the biggest impact possible? How can\nwe get the biggest return on donating, or volunteering, for a small government\ncampaign?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best, most exciting small government campaigns feature <em>bold, small government proposals to shrink\ngovernment<\/em> that yield <em>huge, direct,\nimmediate benefits<\/em> to a <em>large number\nof voters<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;End the income tax now \u2013 and cut spending accordingly. Put thousands of dollars back into the budgets of families and workers and stimulate a whirlwind of economic growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Bring our troops home &#8211; now! End needless wars in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa. Stop provoking enemies of the United States. This will spare thousands of our soldiers their lives and avoid tens of thousands of needless injuries. It will spare many times as many innocent foreigners from casualties and property damage. It will allow us to cut federal spending, cut taxes, and end deficit spending. America will be at peace with the world, and far safer and less vulnerable to terrorist attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;End the war on drugs now and free incarcerated, non-violent drug offenders. Let them go back to their families. This will reduce dangerous drug use and make drugs safer. It will dramatically reduce crime, making our streets safe. It will accelerate the development of industrial and medicinal uses of marijuana, opening up new markets. It will end the chronic pain suffered by victims of disease who are thwarted by the government\u2019s war on drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campaigns that are run on bold, small government proposals like\nthese wake up the politically asleep. They get people who\u2019ve resigned from\npolitics to re-register and vote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bold, small government campaigns excite and mobilize supporters\nwho will donate and volunteer for campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timid, hold-the-line proposals are boring and\ninconsequential to most people.&nbsp; They\ncannot offer huge benefits because they don\u2019t reduce government enough to yield\na positive direct consequence for the average voter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trifling changes and defensive pleas for \u201cno more big government\u201d\nleave big government big. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We must stop acting like abused children, pleading our\ndaddy not to hit us anymore. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our opponents propose more big government expansions, <strong>we must go on the offensive<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must go far beyond merely opposing expansions of\ngovernment. We must propose ways to <em>reduce\nand dismantle<\/em> it.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best defense against big government is a good offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bold, small government proposals and campaigns put us in the\ndriver\u2019s seat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking about running for office? Be sure to incorporate the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/10-critical-ingredients-to-ignite-small-government-campaigns\/\">10 Critical Ingredients of a bold, small government proposal<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we run a small government campaign, how can we get the biggest bang for our buck? How can we make the biggest impact possible? How can we get the biggest return on donating, or volunteering, for a small government campaign? The best, most exciting small government campaigns feature bold, small government proposals to shrink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/bold-exciting-small-government-proposals-form-our-roadmap-to-small-government\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bold, exciting small government proposals form our roadmap to small government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerforsmallgovernment.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}