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Originally posted by Spanky
I have posted on this subject many times before and it has been beaten to death. But I am of the conviction the only fiscal discipline in the past twenty years has come from fiscal conservative Repubs. There are bad Republicans on this but no good Dems. Clinton only helped reduce the deficit by raising taxes. It took a Republican congress to reduce spending. The recession caused the bulk of the deficits we have now. No matter how bad it is now, it will always be worse with Dems. Demns only talk fiscal conservatisim to attack Repubs but they never act on it when they are in power.
Our Federal government spends too much on too many programs. There is never any reason to raise taxes. The way to fiscal sanity is through spending cuts. If there is one thing Dems can't do is cut spending.
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Well, all I can say is you have a real problem with the social conservatives and the neocons, combined with the tax cut zealots. Dems are pretty sensitive these days to the tax-and-spend label hung on them by the GOP - witness Pelosi's willingness to forego the transportation money for the Bay Area. Were I you, I might reconsider my "it will always be worse with Dems" attitude - I submit there may be more fertile ground for a fiscal conservatism message there than you think.
