There's not such thing as small government or big government. There's only shitty government and good government. Cons advocate for the former because it gives them more chances to rob the American people.

I'd go along with their "no government" solution, so long as that meant there were no more cops. I want the freedumb to break into Mitt Romney's mansion and steal all of his shit. Why don't cons want me to have that freedumb? Are they anti-freedumb?

The reason why so many people died in Haiti during their earthquake is because their government had few if any rules regarding building safety codes. People were free to make structures however they want, and many of them weren't up to snuff when it came to earthquakes.

Another good example is Colombia, but I doubt right-wingers would bring up the right-wing paramilitary organizations that routinely assassinate labor leaders and workers who have some fucked up idea of a living wage stuck in their head. I'd be willing to wager that in private thoughts, some of the captains of industry on Wall Street want similar paramilitary groups to knock down people who ask uncomfortable questions and demand a decent living.

positions that were filled with affirmative action candidates.
many ethnic americans and women work for government agencies at the federal, state and local levels.
these jobs have decent pay and good benefits and they won't be replaced by private sector openings.
reducing the number of government jobs kills two birds with one stone for republicans, fewer regulations and less oversight of private business activity and fewer minorities included in the middle-class.