Mastodawn

Me, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build with or you can use a hammer to destroy with. Whether government is good or bad depends on what you use it for and how well you use it. On the whole, it’s a poor idea to put people in charge of government who don’t believe in using it.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16887/

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Derek Elliott, Libertarian Apr 8

The economy is stalling, yet the federal government is hiking fees on essential travel documents. This is a clear example of the government asking you to tighten your belt while they refuse to do the same. We need to implement massive reductions in federal departments to stop this cycle of endless spending.

Watch my full comments here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/uZnDxMMYvks
#CdnPoli #Libertarian #SmallGovernment #Canada

WIST Quotations Apr 2

A quotation from Lincoln

   The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves — in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
   The desirable things which the individuals of a people can not do, or can not well do, for themselves, fall into two classes: those which have relation to wrongs, and those which have not. Each of these branch off into an infinite variety of subdivisions. The first — that in relation to wrongs — embraces all crimes, misdemeanors, and non-performance of contracts. The other embraces all which, in its nature, and without wrong, requires combined action, as public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased, and the machinery of government itself.
   From this it appears that if all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government

More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3093…

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Lincoln, Abraham - Speech (1854-07-01?), fragment on government | WIST Quotations

The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves -- in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well…

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Dec 20

#Republicans love to campaign on #SmallGovernment but in power they consistently make the #bureaucracy larger & the state more powerful. On #ThisDayInHistory in 2019 the #USSpaceForce was created as a new branch of the #Pentagon, quite likely violating the 1967 #OuterSpaceTreaty.

Bentley ****TALK CLIMATE****Aug 25, 2025

This is The Alberta Way™️ thanks to #DanielleSmith who would be eminently proud to see Trump copying from her playbook. Call it anything you like, so long as you don't call it #SmallGovernment, small c conservatism. You couldn't be further away from it. www.ft.com/content/8fc8... #abpoli

Donald Trump’s attacks on rene...

Donald Trump’s attacks on renewables sector quash nearly $19bn worth of projects

Stifled growth will hamper ability to meet energy demand from artificial intelligence, analysts say

Financial Times

AKingsbury Aug 17, 2025

@RaymondPierreL3 @bodhipaksa

"It also champions #SmallGovernment a la #Libertarian ideology (aka. Fuck you, I’m alright Jack).

Hardly a fair or accurate depiction of libertarianism, but I'm not surprised.

People on this platform who are honest about libertarianism are rarer than hen's teeth. People who misrepresent it? A dime a dozen.

James Aug 15, 2025

Every “right” you gain comes at the cost of a “liberty” you lose. Where’s the sweet spot that maximises well-being? And what can this tell us about the myth of "Small" government? #Politics #Government #PoliticalPhilosophy #Tariffs #Tax #Policy #BigGovernment #SmallGovernment #Trump

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AZcoigreach Aug 13, 2025

Tread on me, Daddy #duet #2a #trump #maga #cowards #smallgovernment #bootlicker #posers #YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtdFhFbVbZ0

Tread on me, Daddy #duet #2a #trump #maga #cowards #smallgovernment #bootlicker #posers

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Zzyzx/P Aug 11, 2025

Yet another manufactured crisis. For a #smallGovernment party, #MAGA #thugs are adept at #usurping #local #power.
#impeach #tinpot #dictator #fascist #government #USPolitics #TraitorGOP #TraitorMAGA #SaveTheRepublic #antiAmerican

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promising-steps-tackle-homelessness-040228536.html

Anomalous Human Jul 21, 2025

Insurance Actuaries in Texas and Kansas Save Homeowners Millions While Oklahomans Pay Top Dollar

https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/07/16/oklahoma-has-nations-highest-average-homeowners-insurance-premiums/
#Oklahoma #Homeowners #Insurance #OklahomaWatch #SmallGovernment #Actuaries #ActuarialScience

Oklahoma Has Nation’s Highest Average Homeowners Insurance Premiums

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready continues to misrepresent Oklahoma’s insurance model, masking statutory quirks that fetishize free market economics and cost Oklahomans millions of dollars.

Oklahoma Watch