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I think people are missing the real situation at play here. The super wealthy are asking for "small government" because power is a zero sum game. When one entity loses power, another entity gains power. Power never leaves behind a vacuum. So while "small government" may appeal to the average blue collar Joe, it's really a euphemism for transferring power to the rich.
When the government loses power, it's not distributed back among the people, it moves to the next entity in line. With the banks controlling over 50% of the entire country's GDP, that means they inherit all the power given up by the government.
Look at the work being done by the latest session of Congress. Gutting the EPA, gutting the SEC, Gutting the new consumer credit watchdog agency which STILL doesn't have a leader because they keep blocking it. That's what they mean by "small government". They mean take away all the power from the government and give it to the super wealthy.
Of course, that doesn't mean a government needs to have all the power. But what it means is that we need solid, middle of the road, pragmatic policy. Not his one-sided ideological nonsense we keep hearing.
/rant
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