• Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
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    10 months ago

    While I want a smaller government. I’m not opposed to regulations. I just want the regulations to make sense and provide value.

    Where I differ from a libertarian is that I’m not opposed to taxes. I just want them to be as low as possible and as efficient as possible. I don’t want the government distributing wealth as that isn’t efficient. If they want to lower poverty, makes minimum wage higher. Don’t create more welfare programs when wage increases would make more sense.

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      10 months ago

      It’s one thing to want smaller government. It’s another to want to completely shut down core function of the government. This quote shows that he want to do the latter and I think it clearly illustrates why you would call him “extreme” right wing:

      The president-elect also announced that public works would be “cut down to zero” and those already in progress would be put out to tender so that “there would be no more state spending”.

      Public works includes roads and other such infrastructure work. He isn’t saying shrink. He’s saying zero. Shutting down core public works is pretty damn far out there.