I get tired of the muckrakers saying, "I thought you were supposed to be a fiscal conservative". Maybe the old Republican party was worried about saving money or making sure government is small and efficient, but the important thing now is 1) Anything to make me pay less taxes, 2) Shrink the government to where the programs I don't like are not effective. These two goals are not at odds with each other. Fiscal conservative is a nice way to say stingy and I'll own that. I'm cheap with the government, but generous with my friends. Why do I want to pay for your public school when I already pay for my kid's private school. I don't care if your kid can make proper change for me at McDonald's. I don't expect him to because he's trying to cheat me anyway so I'll keep him honest.
If we strap the government for cash, the essential programs are still going to get funded because they're essential. They may have tight budgets too, but since when do I want government workers to have comfortable lives? You work for the government if you can't do anything else. Who else would go into the military? If you have to kill a program you're going to kill the ones that aren't required first. Why do we need to pay for schools? Look at the little house on the prairie. Your parents are going to teach you the important stuff. You pay for everything else.
Fiscal conservation means I keep my money.
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