What's better, big government employment, or smaller government?

Do you think it is better to have less government employment / departments (equating less government payroll), or bigger government that can employ more people to help offset higher unemployment?

What do you think of pork projects? Such as Rhode Island wanting millions for a Polar Bear exhibit. Will the expenses create real, long term jobs?

What about the pay raises for our government figures? Is it fair for them to give themselves a pay raise while they limit the pay of corporate figures?

SMALLER GOVERNMENT

the larger something is the larger its appetite

government needs to shrink on a global, federal, state and local scale

term limits for U.S. Sentaors, pay rates adjusted for congress and a payroll deduction for the cost of their healthcare

Smaller Government. If the government is bigger, we as taxpayers are footing the bill, and lets be honest, we as average citizens aren't going to get lofty government jobs anyway.

Pork projects are complete bull shizzle and are simply ways elected officials (congressmen and women) attempt to buy the votes of their constituants...."Look what I did for you....Now its time for you to do one little thing for me". Granted, there are some projects that are necessary, but a polar bear exhibit isnt one of them.

Regarding the pay raises, I think its completely hipocritical. We can make X amount but you cant...And honestly, I think the bankers and CEOs of some of these companies do MORE work in a day than most of the government figures will do in a week! Its not fair at all.

Small government.

The only things the government does well are the military and collecting taxes.

The government does very little else well. Have you ever seen federal housing? The places people lived in were/are so bad they needed to be torn down.

smaller government - more state government,less federal.More self-governing; being responsible for your own actions, tc.