Video Blog 69: Smaller Government?

I try to look at the concept of a smaller, more effective federal government with a different viewpoint..

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• small
• government
• libertarian
• republic
• federalism

[LivingPharaoh]

I really appreciate that rather than preach your own beliefs on every key issue and put forth arguments for liberalism, you give some perspective to the viewer and encourage them to make up their own mind.

[FantasticBabblings]

I enjoy stirring up discussion. I think most points of view are right at certain times in certain circumstances. It's just that people have a hard time adjusting when circumstances change.

[UpDownMostly]

Hey Phil, now that I have a new camera it shows all the defects in my face. :) How about a video on applying makeup suitable for a camera shot drawing from your stage days? :) I could use the help.

[ExperimentsinHonesty]

Sadly I am of the generation that sees no hope in our current system. I do care about politics, but I also think, that nothing I do will have any real impact on the National level. So I try to "think globally, act locally." Touch individuals and forget about things that feel out of my control.

[puddysma1]

i know...

but not enough people even ask questions.

Nothing in this world worth having or doing is easy but that is what we have been conditioned to expect.

This government which is all about entitlements is not about caring for people but about gaining votes. If only people would grasp that...maybe they would begin to ask the right questions.

[FantasticBabblings]

In later years Goldwater stressed his libertarian views more, which endeared him to some (including me), but neoconservatives and religious righties thought he had lost his mind.

[FantasticBabblings]

I think he improved with age. When he ran for president, he was a bit cavalier on things like the use of nuclear weapons and he shot from the hip. I was not really old enough to know specifically what he ran on, but he lost in one of the largest landslides in history.

[RiverMark]

Yet, much of what he wrote in the book seems to reflect the ideals of a reduction in federal government influence on daily life and a fear for what the government has become today.

[RiverMark]

I just recently finished reading "The Conscience of a Conservative" by Barry Goldwater. If I may ask, what was your reaction to the ideas he promoted back in the day? Although he seemed to gain popularity as he aged and after he died, my guess based on speaking to people who were politically active in the '60s is that he was viewed as out of the step with the times.

[FantasticBabblings]

I wish I had answers. I only know how to raise questions. Answers are just too damn hard.

[FantasticBabblings]

True. That links with puddysma1's comment below about personal responsibility. Maybe they should teach more Emerson and Thoreau in the schools.