I agree at the macro level but fiscal conservatism encompasses a lot more than a balanced federal budget. For example, it includes the belief that government welfare should only be given to those truly in need, and not those who commit crime or do not seek to become employed. It includes the belief that people should work hard to support themselves and their family. It includes the belief that taxes should be low. Like it or not, Republicans fare much better on these parts of fiscal conservatism.
For example, it includes the belief that government welfare should only be given to those truly in need, and not those who commit crime or do not seek to become employed. It includes the belief that people should work hard to support themselves and their family. It includes the belief that taxes should be low.
It seems you are choosing metrics which make your team look good and ignoring metrics which don’t. You’re pretending that conservatives only care about the deficit to make your point. For example, many conservatives are fine with lower GDP expansion provided it means lower taxes. It’s easy to tax and spend more and make the S&P500 go up, but many conservatives don’t want that.
I suspect you aren’t reading what I’m writing, and you just don’t care. Thank you for the discussion all the same.
I agree at the macro level but fiscal conservatism encompasses a lot more than a balanced federal budget. For example, it includes the belief that government welfare should only be given to those truly in need, and not those who commit crime or do not seek to become employed. It includes the belief that people should work hard to support themselves and their family. It includes the belief that taxes should be low. Like it or not, Republicans fare much better on these parts of fiscal conservatism.
This is silly.
Wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party
None of this addresses the factors I listed:
It seems you are choosing metrics which make your team look good and ignoring metrics which don’t. You’re pretending that conservatives only care about the deficit to make your point. For example, many conservatives are fine with lower GDP expansion provided it means lower taxes. It’s easy to tax and spend more and make the S&P500 go up, but many conservatives don’t want that.
I suspect you aren’t reading what I’m writing, and you just don’t care. Thank you for the discussion all the same.