https://redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/01/11/rick-santorum-a-massively-expanded-welfare-state-is-the-genuine-conservatism-our-founders-envisioned/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:39:51 -0400<![CDATA[Despite strident opposition from supporters who maintain that Rick Santorum is a &#8220;true conservative&#8221; in the mold of – you guessed it – Ronald Reagan, the already huge mountain of evidence that he is, at heart, a &#8216;big-government conservative&#8217; continues to grow. As Erick noted previously, in 2008 Santorum said:]]>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:00:25 -0500<![CDATA[Jeff Emanuel]]>https://redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/01/11/rick-santorum-a-massively-expanded-welfare-state-is-the-genuine-conservatism-our-founders-envisioned-n41803