We need real fiscal conservatives...not fictional characters

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<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051115/ts_usatoday/afiscalhurricaneonthehorizon;_ylt=Au0rRAGOfMan94KfnjF1yHUDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051115/ts_usatoday/afiscalhurricaneonthehorizon;_ylt=Au0rRAGOfMan94KfnjF1yHUDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The problem is that people who are passionate about being fiscally conservative will only vote Republican. Republicans know that, and therefore are not held accountable (pardon the pun) when they give, give, give to every special interest that once donated to their campaign. </p>

<p>When people don’t hold their government accountable, bad things happen. Witness the Bush administration…</p>

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<p>weenie,</p>

<p>I don’t think chronic serial taxcutters, the bedrock of the republican party, are the only fiscal conservatives out there. In fact, I would not even include them in the term.</p>

<p>No, while the Democrats a few decades ago were the “tax and spend” party, now, the Republicans are the “cut taxes and spend” party.</p>

<p>You want to see fiscal irresponsibility? Just look at recent legislation. Tax cuts for oil companies, in the face of record profits. A tax plan that (yet again) saves tons of money for the top 1% and stockholders, while raising taxes for everyone else - “good news” is the proposal was revenue neutral.</p>

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<p>It’s just a bunch of bankers holding the rest of the country hostage, nothing less, nothing more. Both parties bet that the bankers won’t decide that the country is going bankrupt, and will continue to loan them more money (OUR money, of course.) What’s the big deal. The Republicans want to spend the country into oblivion so they can use the argument against increasing social spending, the (fatuous) idea being that expanding business benefits everyone through trickle-down. The Democrats want spending to (among other things) help business expand so they can reap more of that expansion for everyone through taxation. Tweedle-dee and Tweedledum, if you ask me.</p>

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<p>mini:</p>

<p>RE: “Both parties bet that the bankers won’t decide that the country is going bankrupt, and will continue to loan them more money (OUR money, of course.)” </p>

<p>Don’t you think it’s also the government betting that the foreign countries who have loaned us all this money won’t call in the loans? I’m no economist, but that’s the impression I get.</p>

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<p>Yup. Giant game of chicken, until you realize that bankers and government are the same people. Which the tail, and which the dog? It’s what the socialism of the rich is all about.</p>

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<p>Yes. Excellent description.</p>