The ACA was a conservative solution . Obama went after singlepayer , because there ' s a ton of empirical evidence showing it costs less than what we currently had read smaller government . Conservatives were okay with forcing you to pay for insurance knowing full well it wont result in lowering the tax burden . That ' s why they voted in favor of it . . read bigger government . Education are you serious ? Education results in more productive people , and lower crime rates . It pays for itself , and then some . We could be like third world countries and not cover any amount of education , but it would result in bigger government . More spending on crime and justice , and a lower taxable GDP . Not to mention we would fall behind on technology the primary thing that gives us an edge over other countries . While I , and the majority of liberals , agree that the welfare trap needs to be fixed , it turns out to cost more in crime and healthcare to not take care of homeless . you ' re talking $ 20 k a year versus 40 to 250 k . Compared to the small percentage of people are actually ablebodied and choose to abuse the system it ' s a net gain . So far you haven ' t provided a single example of expanding government spending . Just rhetoric that you ' ve fallen for without so much as a second to stop and consider whether it ' s bullshit .