John Stossel: The myth that Republicans want to shrink govt.

"Republicans talk about limited government. But the longer they're in power, the more they vote to spend" - John Stossel. How true - while I'm glad to see that 2/3 of the GOP voted against the bank bailout while 2/3 of the 'crats voted for it, and that the GOP largely opposed the stimulus, if Republicans not only fail to reduce govt. while in power, but actually expand govt., why the hell should anyone try to vote them back in? Vote Libertarian or vote Ron Paul, say no to the B.O.M.B. (Bush/Obama/McCain/Biden Bailout), which Palin also supported. Remember McCain also wanted a stimulus, just not the one that was passed. Govt. spending wouldn't be so different had he been elected, and his VP may well have gone AWOL.

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[kosstmoran]

Stossel needs to decide on which side of the fence he wants to reside. He exposes some truth but he's too busy being a Corporate America, republican kiss ass!

[evmazu]

@kosstmoran He's not a conservative or a Republican and doesn't take their side, he's a libertarian (and in fact he states this later in this book). He supports business but not when they are in bed w/ government, a problem ignored by Republicans. See my other Stossel video: The myth that big business believes in the free market. I also have a similar one NOT by Stossel: Big businesses & corporations do NOT want free markets. Just search the titles if you're interested

[bbburton]

And now, Max Baucus of Montana wants to spend a trillion dollars on health care. Imagine the boon doggle this will end up being. Just like medicare and medicaid, rationing will be the final result. Nothing good ever comes from gov't meddling. And the tragedy is we allow gov't to do this crap in our name. Don't blame me, I voted for Ron Paul.

[rationalCrash]

I went through a similar transition as Stossel. I went from thinking that big government was ok and eventually realized that big government occasionally may do something good, but the cost is WAY too high. A free market does more good for less.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

Stossel is an enema bag nozzle.

[technolovers2012]

STOSSEL 2012!!!!

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Anyone who still thinks the GOP is the party of less govt. needs to wake up. They and the Dems are two sides of the same coin. All you can say of the Republicans is they replaced "the state" with "big business." And neither of those things benefits you or I very much. At least in the Democrat bureaucracy, the working man might get a bone thrown at him once in a while. The 2-party system needs to end. I vote libertarian. I hope Ron Paul runs 2012. Btw, Stossel's voice is annoying. I didn't watch.

[xtremejohnny69]

And this is why I like John Stossel, he's not an idealogue. Most conservatives support everything republicans do and critisize democrats while liberals support everything democrats do and critisize everything republicans do. He looks at the facts and that's why i trust him over any other person in the media

[coturnix19]

sad to say it, but stolles is somewhat wrong. In last 10 years us dollar devalued by 20%. So those 30-40% increase in spending are really much smaller.

[707hoser]

Finally something I can agree with John Stossel on.

[CubsFan2006]

Well spoken Stossel.