Santorum Rejects Goldwater, Small Government and American Conservatism 101

Senator Barry Goldwater, the sponsor of the final version of the Alaska Mental Health Bill (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Santorum Rejects Goldwater, Small Government and American Conservatism 101

http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/03/19/santorum-rejects-goldwater-small-government-and-american-conservatism-101/ ^ | Christie at the beach

Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:55:15 AM by Christie at the beach

For the last half century, being a conservative in the United States, first and foremost, meant adhering to the Goldwater-Reagan philosophy which views government in wholly negative terms.

Ronald Reagan wearing cowboy hat at Rancho del Cielo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Barry Goldwater believed anything the Constitution did not give the federal government the authority to do, it should not do. Ronald Reagan said: “Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem.”

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