Solvency Is A Non-Government Term
I am one of the few people I know to get excited over fiscal policy. I have exactly zero dollars invested anywhere besides my material possessions, yet I know that today's fiscal policy determines, to a large degree, the state of the nation in the future. Being in the "next generation," the fiscal policy of today has me worried sick.
Tax and spend liberals want to increase taxes and increase benefits. Makes sense. Got it.
Like many whom I would call fiscal conservatives, I love the idea of low taxes, and I love the idea of reducing government benefits. I understand that when taxes go down, and benefits go up, two things happen. One, we go into debt, two someone has to pay for the debt now, and eventually the taxpayers do too. Welcome to the current fiscal policy. Or lack there of.
The Republicans are in power and they've left the government conservatives behind!
I lean more libertarian than most Republicans, though I am far too moderate for the Libertarian Party. I would rather see Congress ensuring our fiscal future than regulating morals, because if the economy collapses, it doesn't really matter what two guys are doing in a bedroom, does it? Rather than the fiscally conservative (or at least fiscally responsible) policy I would hope for with a GOP majority, we get tax cuts and more spending. The pork is flowing, and the deficit, while it seems to be shrinking as far as estimates go, shows no signs of slowing down.
I'm not opposed to government spending, but government waste? Should not exist as a phrase in the common vernacular.
The New Deal tried to help people make their lives better. From LBJ on, the people have expected government to make their lives better.
Look for an upcoming post on who owns our debt.
Tax and spend liberals want to increase taxes and increase benefits. Makes sense. Got it.
Like many whom I would call fiscal conservatives, I love the idea of low taxes, and I love the idea of reducing government benefits. I understand that when taxes go down, and benefits go up, two things happen. One, we go into debt, two someone has to pay for the debt now, and eventually the taxpayers do too. Welcome to the current fiscal policy. Or lack there of.
The Republicans are in power and they've left the government conservatives behind!
I lean more libertarian than most Republicans, though I am far too moderate for the Libertarian Party. I would rather see Congress ensuring our fiscal future than regulating morals, because if the economy collapses, it doesn't really matter what two guys are doing in a bedroom, does it? Rather than the fiscally conservative (or at least fiscally responsible) policy I would hope for with a GOP majority, we get tax cuts and more spending. The pork is flowing, and the deficit, while it seems to be shrinking as far as estimates go, shows no signs of slowing down.
I'm not opposed to government spending, but government waste? Should not exist as a phrase in the common vernacular.
The New Deal tried to help people make their lives better. From LBJ on, the people have expected government to make their lives better.
Look for an upcoming post on who owns our debt.
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