I think what you fail to comprehend is that, given the people you elect, what would have happened can likely be seen by simply looking around you. In simpler language, what you imagine probably wouldn't have happened, due to the people you voted for. Inconsequential foreigners from Michigan didn't give us Johnson, Clinton, Carter and Gore. You did. If you think those people, elected by you, would have been satisfied with a "more limited government", then you are fooling yourself. Ironic isn't it?
Michigan supported Johnson, Clinton(twice), and Gore. Ford(aka Leslie Lynch King Jr.)beat Carter in Michigan by less than 200K votes while claiming MI as his home state.
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