What should be the role of the Federal Government in the United States?
I am a firm believe in a small federal government. I think that a big over-powering federal government is a bad idea on many levels. I think the role of the Federal Government should be to keep the country going by the minimal means necessary to do so. Sometimes the Government looses sight of the big picture and what the purpose is, and the result is wasteful spending and pork. (see this very well-written article on the Top 10 examples of Government waste: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1840.cfm) Another website I like to follow a lot is “Citizens Against Government Waste”: http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer My main point is that, as soon as the Federal Government looses site of its purposes to keep the country running and provide the basic necessary services, money starts getting wasted, and the end result is an invasion on the p
