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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-26-06 01:25 PM
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Realistically, which Party is the most "fiscally conservative" ?
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By "fiscally conservative", we would assume that to be one that would spend less government funds. Some may consider it as someone that spends government revenues wisely. No matter how it might be defined, no one could consider the present Republican Party as "fiscally conservative". They have broken all records for government spending. In the process, they have run up the largest debt and the largest deficits of either Party in the history of our country.

In contrast, the Democrats since the days of LBJ, have been hesitant to spend any government money on any programs to any great extent. At least, not to the extent of the Republicans, for example, on the new Medicare Bill they rammed thru the Congress. Even on programs that could be argued were needed by many of our people, the Democrats when in power, did not pursue any large spending. Much of that was due to the fact that they believed the defiicit spending was bad for our country in the long run. So which Party do you think is the most "fiscally conservative"?
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