Why do Republicans only whine about 'smaller government' when they are in the

[TOKOLOSHIE]

minority? Did government 'shrink' when Bush and the GOP were in power for 6 long years?

[ShovelReady]

You make a good point. It is essentially impossible to kill a government program once it gets in place, just as it is essentially impossible to fire a government worker. What can we do about that?

[PiedHusseinPiper]

We complained then but Democrats were to wrapped up in BDS to listen.

[ana2rosa2003]

No, Bush grew the government to a record size. He was anything but a fiscal conservative.

There were no tea parties when Bush was cutting taxes, increasing spending, causing the deficit to balloon.

[brown9500ev10]

Republicans have separate platforms for "campaign mode" and "governing mode".

That is pretty obvious.

[Pork]

We whined about it then too. Clearly, politicians are corrupt. I think you knew that.

[ElTecolote]

No, we whined when the GOP was in power and the government failed to shrink. It was just inconvenient for liberals to hear us back then.

[TheUglyTruth]

Because Republicans are NOT for smaller government. That's just something they babble to win elections and get dumb people to vote for them. Just like "family values".

[pocketwatch]

Bush warned the senate about the recession back in 2002 it was coming and THEY DID NOT LISTEN!
I say fire them all..

[Jennifer]

You are right of course. What the GOP really means by "smaller government" is less spending on social programs. They dont consider spending on the military to be "big government".