Charlie Kirk said, “Big government sucks.” he was right.

An oversized government causes more problems than it solves.

I’ve always believed that the United States transitioned from its founding to the world’s largest and most prosperous economy in about 150 years due to four fundamental principles: low taxation, individual freedom, individual responsibility, and a limited role for government. Unfortunately, we’ve veered far from these principles, and the consequences are indeed disheartening.

All four of those principles are controlled by the government, and particularly the size of government. Today, our government is much too large. With a large government comes a strange and unfamiliar set of values.

Since 2008, and especially in the four years leading up to the current administration, we’ve witnessed rising tax burdens, diminishing individual freedoms, and a troubling shift from personal responsibility to social responsibility. The sheer size of our government now sucks.

When government grows, tax revenue must rise, or the debt burden on taxpayers skyrockets. Both are in disarray today. Federal debt has topped $37 trillion, with tax revenue exceeding $5 trillion annually from approximately 130 million households.

This nexus of big government leads directly to excessive spending, soaring taxes, and…