Reply #111: Conservation sucks for other reasons.

[Firethorn]

low taxes

As the current administration shows, not necessarily. We're simply trading higher taxes for more inflation/debt. Ends up being the same thing. Worse, in some ways.

lower education

Multiple studies have shown that there's almost no correlation between spending and educational effectiveness. Look at DC's public schools, for example.

fewer workers' rights

Can actually lead to more employment as businesses move there due to business friendly policies.

Conservatism does suck, but I don't think that low taxes and such are the real reason. How about their supression of science, wanting to ban reproductive rights and effective education. The whole creationalism thing. Their war on drugs, etc...

Both sides could do with a sane spending policy, with a draconian eye towards efficiency. Corruption and waste are so huge that we could probably keep taxes low and STILL pay for infrastructure if we could eliminate just half of the fraud, waste, and abuse.