August 6, 2012 1:50PM # Small Government Is Beautiful By [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards) --- SHARE ![Media Name: dg-shirt-and-joelle2.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/dg-shirt-and-joelle2.jpg?itok=9ir6z6oH) Joelle Cannon is one of Capitol Hill’s top budget experts, and she looks great in her new Downsizing Government T‑shirt. She’s good at cutting costs and knows a bargain when she sees it. The [new shirts are just $18 from the Cato store](https://www.cato.org/store/downsizing-governmentorg-t-shirt) and emblazoned with the inspiring slogan “Small is beautiful … when it comes to government.” Joelle works full-time battling the bloated federal budget for Senator Tom Coburn. You can help her fight overspending by ordering a T‑shirt and spreading the downsizing message to your friends and family. And there is more from the Cato store. You can impress your office mates with a handsome Downsizing Government coffee mug. The mug will help banish the usual banal banter at the coffee machine, and hopefully spark conversation on the proper role of government in society. ![Media Name: dg-mug-and-tom2.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/dg-mug-and-tom2.jpg?itok=S_BMJeGi) The mugs are a robust 16 oz and [can be yours for just $7.50](https://www.cato.org/store/downsizing-governmentorg-coffee-mug). Just think—every time you reached for your caffeine fix, you’d be declaring your independence from the philosophy of big government! ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).