I'm always very curious to engage conservatives in conversations about what they value. I mean, supposedly they value low taxes but also value fiscal accountability. The two don't really go hand-in-hand.
Republicans say they want to roll back discretionary spending...Great! That only accounts for roughly 15% of all federal spending.
Republicans say they don't want to cut defense spending, even though it has been our involvement in two wars which has contributed greatly to our deficit.
And Republicans say they want to make permanent the Bush tax cuts...Even though these same tax cuts make up 55% of our deficit.
Sounds to me like they want to have their cake and eat it too. I mean, I don't see it being fiscally responsible to make tax cuts part of your policy, when those same tax cuts are responsible for the vast majority of the deficit. Can someone explain this mystery to me?
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