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>>I agree with you. He said in one of his inaugural speeches "Government isn't the solution. Government is the problem." (Full disclosure: I didn't look up the exact words.) In my view, that's been the underlying policy of the Republicans ever since and it's led to what we see in that party today.
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>IMO, you are focusing far too much on the rhetoric and not enough on how much they actually did (or in this case, DIDN'T do) to reduce the size of the govt
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>It is really no different than Trump pandering to Americans about certain topics.
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>But I agree with Reagan's statement - yes, government many times "is" the problem.

But in my view at difficult times (recession,natural disaster, war) it the governments role to ensure that nobody gets left behind.

We have a great example in the UK now. The government talks about reducing the deficit and running a budget surplus as being keystone policies. At the same time they are cutting tax rates for high earners and reducing capital gains tax (again a policy that benefits holders of large amounts of capital. The cost cutting comes in the shape of reductions in benefits paid to those unable to work due to disability or needing to buy things due to their health issues. IMO thats wrong.