Reducing the size of government?... We’ll see
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Republicans since the 1930s have championed the concept of “smaller government.” That wasn’t always the case. Lincoln and Republicans in the 1860s believed expansion of government’s footprint would save the nation. Democrats, who controlled the southern states opposed growing government.Twentieth century Republicans and Democrats reversed their beliefs and under the leadership of...