Why are fiscal conservatives dumping all their massive spending bills on the new democratic majority?
829452
That is the question of the day and I have finally realized what their game is,..... now hold on to your knickers; Why would fiscal conservatives, so opposed to spending, run up a historic debt and not even make excuses.....because they want to bring the country to the brink of bankruptcy, so they can destroy Social Security and every other social program in this country. Do not dismiss this out of hand, these people are cunning and ruthless, they have no conscience, and they have been trying to destroy these programs for 70 years. Secondly, they can blame the Democrats for the mess.
816606
While I am overwhelmed with glee that we have taken back the House as well as the Senate. I am also glad that we will soon be working to fix the budget, However I must say this, " A substantial tax increase will be necessary to overcome this enormous debt the Republican party has put us in!" I just love it when those Republicans Say " Those dirty democrats will raise your taxes" After of course the Republicans have spent every damn dollar we had and somehow managed to funnel it back to their own bank accounts. Maybe the democrats wouldn't have to raise taxes every damn time they got in office if those Dumb @$$ Republicans would stop giving ridiculously huge tax breaks to the wealthy and stop spending like there is no tomorrow. So far I have yet to read in history where a republican balanced the budget, they always leave office with a huge deficit. Then a democrat takes over, raises taxes ( because they don't have a choice) and all the Republicans go " SEE,SEE, WE TOLD YOU SO!"\n\nHey Republicans, \n  Somebody has to pay the bills or the lights get turned off!
579092
I don't understand all the hype about tax cuts. And why democrats are so opposed to big businesses. Before you go calling me names, let me ask you a question. Who hires people? (Big busines). Who gives insurance benefits to employees and families? (Big business). Who has 401Ks for retirement? (Big businesses). So if they are hiring Americans, providing them with health insurance and retirement options, what is so freaking wrong with giving them a freaking tax break so that they can hire even more Americans? But no, the democrats want none of that. They want the jobs in Mexico and China and the American people unemployed with no health or retirement so that they can whine about tax breaks for the rich. \n\nThe SACRIFICE Bush is asking for touches everyone! Rich or poor, we are Americans. The rich are subjected to phone tapping. The rich have sons and daughters fighting in Iran and Afghanistan. The rich felt the pain of 9/11. And by the way, show me one single poor democrat in the senate or in congress. They are all millionaires.
916305
Liberals have consistently increased spending less than conservatives over the past fifty years.\n\nAdditionally, over 90% of the national debt has been created by conservative presidents pursuing conservative policies.\n\nThe last balanced budget we had was Bill Clinton.  Before that, I believe it was Carter.\n\nTherefore, it seems clear that the term "fiscal conservative" is actually an oxymoron.  \n\nThe facts are clear:  the true representatives of Fiscal Responsibility are the liberals.
623608
Because you are above debasing yourself to that low of a level.  Why treat with common, small-minded people if you don't have to?  Just let them spout-off about their inconsequential droll meanderings, smile, and excuse yourself from the conversations.\n\nConsequently, most of them are probably not real conservatives.  Real conservatives are extremely upset by the current course of the country and have nothing but contempt for the sitting administration.  These are more then likely Neo-Conservatives or Fundamentalists out to talk themselves into believing their own wasteful messages.
740440
You must read your newspaper very closely, you are right.  The reason is because the republican agenda is to put their self-aggrandizement over the common good.  This isn't to say that democrats are righteous and sagacious, but they seem to be much less corrupt and full of bologna than the republicans (have you seen Hastert lately? he looks like Humpty Dumpty).
178558
yes your assumption is true, and today's "conservatives" are turning "liberal".  Or at least our president is.  Did you see the spending cap? 9 trillion!!! crazy!  and he wants to let in every Mexican citizen and give them amnesty.  c'mon... i'm movin to North Korea.  At least they're on the level about their communism, and I hear the women there are AMAZING
379606
There are many different kinds of conservatives. The Economist had an interesting article about the evolution of American Conservatism (which is very different than its counterparts in other parts of the world) a couple of months ago. Traditionally, conservatives want smaller government, less government interference in our private lives, and the government to be accountable for its spending (it should be noted that the first usages of the word liberalism had similar meanings).\n\nMost of the conservatives who are in power today are not of the traditional variety, they are social conservatives, or as some like to call them, neo-cons. They want their social agenda as the law. This is in direct contrast to more traditional conservatives (who now mostly identify themselves as libertarians) who want the government not to regulate or interfere in people's private lives.\n\nIt should also be noted that while conservatives say they want less in the way of entitlement programs, and are fiscally "conservative," the Clinton administration was the one who reformed welfare and balanced the budget, while the Bush administration had the largest increase in entitlement programs in over a decade, and doesn't seem to know what a balanced budget means. Liberalism does not necessarily equal large entitlement schemes, just like conservatism does not necessarily mean someone is fiscally responsible. Labels are usually misleading.
451150
They are not conservatives at all. They call themselves Neo-Conservatives which is not conversative at all. They are pro big spending, pro government, pro intervention, pro pandering to illegals, pro regulation, pro church inside of state.
85105
That has been the Democrat's mantra in recent history. 'We the Democratic Party Leadership knows better how to use your money than you do.'\n\n\nSmaller government is the key. No money for Art programs like Crucifix pieces made of excrement. No handouts to those who don't do anything for themselves and their family (even though they are quite capable). No 'aid' to those that can handle things themselves.\n\nKeep the government along the lines of what it was intended to be. Not a charity, a defender. No a red tape machine, an entity that upholds rights.  No one that PROVIDES the general welfare, but PROMOTES the general welfare.\n\nGet back to people being responsible for themselves, not people handing off responsibility to the government and then using the government as a crutch for the rest of their lives.
892218
I'll agree with you that Bush isn't a conservative and lost his veto pen when he needed it badly but you are WAY off base giving clinton any credit for helping this country.\n\nThe republican majority was taken off course when Gingrich left office. He was the one responsible for getting this government back on track with spending.\n\nThe only advantage that this spending has given us is it took those talking points away from the democrats that they have been running on for years. They had promised seniors a drug plan the last 3 election cycles and never delivered.... Bush did. That could have been his political goal... to shut the liars up on the democrat side....
1166763
Because when ever a bill is written supporting giving more power to a minority group or removing restrictions because of being a minority, almost always it is a liberal democrat behind the change.  Republicans are typically conservative, and the definition of conservative is to resist change.
768779
Ha! Don't look now but after counting your gains during the election, you overlooked the trend of the Democrats to turn to Conservatism! Lieberman, Casey, Webb, and several other Dem gains came from a new movement to move toward the center! While the Dems obviously won, so did Conservatism!\n\nLieberman earned MY respect!
563242
Sorry, but GWB is a Republican in name only. He's been the most fiscally reckless Republican in this nation's history (for the record, I am a registered Republican, but I voted for John Kerry as the lesser of two evils) and it makes perfect sense that the GOP is fracturing right now. Bush has been infuriating both Dems and the GOP, which takes talent--if you call it that. As for this funding, this $500M cut is just a drop in the bucket compared to the total budget. $500M isn't going to make a dent in the budget deficit, so I think that hype over this one cut is really overblown.\n\nBill Clinton may have been a louse, but at least he balanced the books...but that's a different topic altogether. :-)
701745
Because this is how Democrats think: \n\nNancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton announce that every family will receive a $500 annual rebate in the form of a check because they want to fight poverty.  The looneys on the left thunderously applaud and wet their pants.  \n\nHowever, someone with some sense asks:  Where is that money coming from?  Well, says Hillary and Nancy, you will have to pay $1000 extra in taxes so that we can then process it at the federal level, take our cut, waste it in bureaucracy, and then we magnamously send you a check for $500.  See, we care about you.   \n\nThe crows breaks into a cheering frenzy.\n\nThe sensible person says:  Wouldn't it have been better for me to have kept my $1000 to begin with?\n\nThe sensible men is beaten by the angry mob.
921204
I agree with many of your points that you bring up, but then again...here is a good reason why people might be undicided....\n\nDemocrats and Rebulicans are very close on the issues.....many of them are very hard to tell apart. I know that the republican party claims to be conservative, but I haven't seen anything conservative in the Bush administration. National Defense is not a conservative or a liberal issue in my eyes...It's an American issue. But unfortunately many Democrats want to cut and run from Iraq, causing even more problems in the middle east. \n\nWell, I did end up voting for almost all the republicans on the ballot this year. I voted for one Democrat and one Libertarian.\n\nI need a new party....If the Fair Tax orginization would start a new party....well, I would be there.\n\nI guess what I am trying to say is, both of the major parties are money and power hungry...... Take away their tax power on the public and America will grow so fast.....It would be unbelievable.\n\nJust one honest guys opinion....\n\nTravis Hill\nugadawg30@yahoo.com
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Maybe because of Neo Conservative theories that your party follows.\nAfter all war insn't such a bad thing if you see it from different perspective, it can make lots of money ;)