I beg to disagree joecool. The republican party is less supportive of big government than the democratic party is. Democrats support a government that has the power to make choices for you (i.e. universal healthcare) and decide that they are more capable of deciding how to spend 45-55% of your income for you. Government programs are abused and taken advantage of on an out of control basis. What makes you think that if we don't address the internal control issues that plague our government now, that adding more programs which involve more citizens and larger amounts of money, is going to change anything. It will simply make the issues worse. And since when has public policy based on personal values been a wrong thing? Last I checked, rampant immorality is what led to the internal failure of the roman empire.