Chief Justice-nominee John Roberts' opening statement and the role of government

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,169187,00.html

I was fairly impressed. He embodies the limited role of government that conservatives are no longer touting like they used to.

It used to be that liberals would argue for the government to do x, y and z, while the conservatives would argue the church, community or individuals should do x, y and z.

Now when libs argue gov't should do x, y and z, conservatives argue the government should do d, e and f.

Parable: once there was a town with a small group of homeless, poor people living in the town square. The townspeople got together and half said the mayor and council should help them. The other half said the church and other charities in town should take care of them.

To this the first half said, "You don't care about the poor! How disgustingly uncompassionate of you!"

To which the second half replied, "It's not that we don't care. We just think we have a better way of helping the poor than you do. The question isn't whether we should do something; the question is who should do it."