I guess what I mean is I can sympathize with the “taxation is theft” argument. While I disagree, I can see how someone who sees all the bad things government does wanting to rid themselves of it entirely.
Fiscal conservatism imho is often just dressed up for that belief. no amount of tax cuts will ever satisfy since they don’t buy into the social contract. so imho it’s dumb to try to “meet in the middle” on tax related stuff.
BUT I think it’s valid to maybe shift things around so that if it’s not defense or cross state infrastructure the states handle things. I think the federal government is too powerful
Ironically the model of government the conservatives seem to dream of (very powerful state governments, weak federal that sets high level policy) is best seen in action in… THE EUROPEAN UNION
dun dun dun!
