[willvarfar]

For those of us not from the US, which [conservative groups] are you talking about? Republicans in general? Or some other group?

[analog31]

"I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them." -- Jerry Falwell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell

[jdoenejdk]

And how many US elected Republicans in Congress share those views?

[scentoni]

Depends on whether you're talking about party primaries or general elections. An example of this phenomenon wrt a different topic http://www.vox.com/2015/1/5/7494179/immigration-republican-p...

[hueving]

Anti-government conservatives. Republicans in general fall into this category.

[seehafer]

Don't make the mistake of confusing rhetoric with action. Republicans haven't meaningfully shrunk the size of government since Eisenhower. Nixon grew the government substantially (EPA, HHS, Dept of Education), Reagan talked small-government and acted differently, HW stayed the course and W was a "compassionate conservative" who added what was biggest healthcare entitlement in the last twenty years (Medicare Part D).

[javert]

Most Republicans are in favor of public schools and, in general, of having a much larger government that a night watchman state, including a pretty robust social safety net.

You cannot call these people "anti-government."

Look at George W. Bush. A good example of a Republican. He certainly expanded the US government, which (in my opinion) was already massively oversized.