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Originally Posted by Four Fingers
Increased centralization and more economical regulation are the things that hurt the true spirit of America most. I don't agree with everyhing that Bush does, and frankly I don't think you can find a president with whom you'll agree on every single issue. But there is one common thing I can see in all of Bush's actions, and that is enough for me. I see him fighting centralization and government intervention: more control to local communities, schools with personalized curricula that actually care what the parents think, less taxes and less federalwide programs. And I see this cherished idealism in him, something America greatly missed. He knows what America stands for.
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I don't understand how you reconcile your statement that bush is opposed to centralization and intervention when he is currently folding various intelligence and law enforcement agencies together, placing various federal bureaucratic organizations under umbrella agencies, and using government power to limit free market exchange (e.g., importing drugs from Canada, steel tariffs, scientific research, and individual decisions to marry whom one pleases).
Schwarzenegger is doing similar folding of government agencies into large umbrella agencies in California. This centralization of bureaucracies is a staple of modern capitalism and the Republican party.
How do you argue that Bush is opposed to it when his and his party's actions show otherwise?