Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
Actually if I read jabarto correctly he seems to be saying that for some people it is one fact amongst others, and this isn't too hard to imagine. Think of the lower-middle class white man trying to send his kids to college seeing a black child sent on a scholarship that his children don't have access to. It isn't hard to imagine how you can see this leading to racism and simultaneously to a desire to do away with these scholarship grants, and thus smaller government.
Also, I think there's a slight misunderstanding here. I say that small government can - and, I would go so far to say, sometimes does - have racial implications because, as I noted above, it usually entails curtailing spending on programs that would help the lower classes (and guess which class typically has the most minorities?). If a government can simultaneously be small and support strong social safety nets, well, I guess I wouldn't have a problem with it. But I'm left to wonder; what is meant by "small government" if not one that doesn't provide those services?