"Government shouldn't help people" is such a bizarrely popular take in the USA.
As I understand it the key Republican discovery was that their voters prioritize making people they don't like suffer over their own comfort.
That probably doesn't seem rational but remember loads of these people think the Bible is a true story.
I think the actual sentiment is closer to "first, do no harm" (a.k.a. the precautionary principle) which is not nearly as bizarre!
That might be the noble aspiration that lives only inside their head, while outwardly the sentiment seems to look more like "make the government harmful so we can justify making it smaller."
As I understand it the key Republican discovery was that their voters prioritize making people they don't like suffer over their own comfort.
That probably doesn't seem rational but remember loads of these people think the Bible is a true story.
I think the actual sentiment is closer to "first, do no harm" (a.k.a. the precautionary principle) which is not nearly as bizarre!
That might be the noble aspiration that lives only inside their head, while outwardly the sentiment seems to look more like "make the government harmful so we can justify making it smaller."