Fiscal Conservatism?

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Originally Posted by seebs

I know many fiscal conservatives who are staring numbly in horror at the current administration. I am a self-described fiscal conservative in many ways; I would like to see a lot of governmental functions removed, trimmed, or otherwise reduced. I would like to see them pushed back out to state or local levels in many cases. I would also like to see a lot less money spent on wars.

I can relate to this, only I'd qualify it with "I would like to see a lot of federal governmental functions removed..."

I also see this plunge into massive indebtedness as a means of lining the pockets of those in the "military-industrial complex". War makes money for those who get the poorly administered government contracts to make weapons and weapons delivery systems.

That said, I see no problem with the federal government engaging in massive public works projects to stimulate the economy, but I expect that once the economy is back on its feet, that the deficit built up to do so would be paid off with the revenues generated by the upswing in the economy. That has not happened since WWII, when the military-industrial complex began controlling the policy of our national government in the US. Producing products that benefit no one is a piss-poor way to stimulate any economy...that's what we've been primarly focused upon for the past sixty five years.

The US has been, and continues to be, a country run by war profiteers.