I want a government that is big enough to have laws. You know, the things that society operates on top of. Laws that protect the people from rogue government behavior.
How are laws related to privacy anything at all like a large DoD budget?
You seem to have some romantic notions about laws and government that are utterly divorced from reality. Not because reality is flawed, but because those ideals are flawed at their core.
Needless strawman. No one calling for more privacy is calling for smaller government.