The Bush administration contends that it is not trying to make government less open.
The real issue, of course, is who should make these decisions, people or government?
"Make government what it should be and it will support itself," he said.
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"We have to make government small," he said in an interview last year.
Make government what it ought to be, and it will support itself.
He said the proposals would make government more complicated and less efficient.
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He promises to make campaign finance reform and open government his priorities.