Americans support smaller government in the abstract but do not support cuts to the large programs that would be necessary to shrink the federal budget and bureaucracy.

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Surveys and polls consistently show that Americans generally favor smaller government and less bureaucracy in the abstract, but when confronted with the prospect of specific cuts to government programs like Social Security, Medicare, or education spending, support tends to drop significantly.

Americans Support Smaller Government in the Abstract but Do Not