Reply #2: Fiscal Conservatism is reasonable so long

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as you're talking about budget deficits and so on. It makes reasonable sense to put money down (where feasible) on lowering the deficit as the money spent on the deficit could be going to better use. Their idea of fiscal conservatism is more money in their pockets.

We're in the position and now where most moderate left-wingers are fiscally conservative while the Republicans couldn't care less. Maybe we should redefine the term. Fiscal Responsibility sounds better. Why should financial responsibility by a conservative trait? The more money we have on hand, the more of a difference we can make.