There's what one says and then there's what one does. Fiscally conservative should be about balanced budgets, debt reduction, restraint in spending on dubious social experiments, but also caution against unconstrained military spending. I'm obliged to avoid spending what I don't have or my income can't support. I don't see why the same p…
There's what one says and then there's what one does. Fiscally conservative should be about balanced budgets, debt reduction, restraint in spending on dubious social experiments, but also caution against unconstrained military spending. I'm obliged to avoid spending what I don't have or my income can't support. I don't see why the same principle shouldn't apply to our government. Personally I don't think there's a disconnect between fiscal responsibility and a socially liberal outlook. One simply shouldn't spend profligately, whether on guns OR butter.
There's what one says and then there's what one does. Fiscally conservative should be about balanced budgets, debt reduction, restraint in spending on dubious social experiments, but also caution against unconstrained military spending. I'm obliged to avoid spending what I don't have or my income can't support. I don't see why the same principle shouldn't apply to our government. Personally I don't think there's a disconnect between fiscal responsibility and a socially liberal outlook. One simply shouldn't spend profligately, whether on guns OR butter.