Why do Conservatives spend so much

[Jim]

This post from another thread:

 

David Keene, president of the American Conservative Union, noted in a recent letter to members that federal spending has increased by $300 billion since Bush took office, including $96 billion for domestic social-welfare programs. By comparison, Keene said, spending increased by only $51 billion during President Clinton's first six years

 

--- So why is it that the last several "conservative" administrations take the budget to hell in a hand basket and we build up nasty deficits? What happened to being a fiscal conservative? While Congress is partly to blame the conservatives have both branches this go round.

[Martlet]

Who knows, but it pisses me off.

[jjd]

What happened to being a fiscal conservative?

 

There's no such thing anymore.

[catbirdseat]

Strange as it sounds, the Democrats are more fiscally conservative than the Republicans.