Picking on Paul Krugman: Conservatives Have No Problem With Big Government

I don't often disagree with Paul Krugman these days but I do have to take him to task for buying into the "conservatives don't like government" line. In a blogpost he notes that a Republican health care bill in the House would take away funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and any economic research funded by the National Institutes of Health. He then concludes by commenting:

"You sometimes hear conservatives saying that the role of government should be limited to the pro...