Just for once, I want to hear a truly honest conservative politician: &quot;We need to drastically shrink the government, which is why when I&#x27;m elected, one-eighth* of my constituency will be immediately unemployed!&quot;<p>(Not that there isn&#x27;t a good case for eliminating federal waste; but the reality I never hear uttered in the conservative bubble is that the largest government expense is federal employees and subcontractors.)