I"m sure most people don't believe you have no side as you're obviously an anti-Trump'r. But let me give you and excerpt from economist Walter E Williams.
"I'm going to run for office. My platform will be no spending. I plan on bringing zero dollars to my state. Now what do you suppose my chances would be at getting elected?"
The truth of the matter is that politicians have no choice but to spend, because this is what is expected of them.
For instance, let's say we're going to cut food stamps in half. The Democrats would be screaming to high heavens about the women, children and elderly that will go without eating. If the Democrats propose cutting our military budget in half, the people on my side would be enraged because that could have a serous consequence to our national security. If Trump proposes cutting welfare down to the bone, the left would be predicting starving children, and an increase in robberies, burglaries, and death. If the Democrats propose making people work until the age of 72 before you could collect SS benefits, the people on the right would be upset about middle-class blue collar workers, where physical labor is nearly impossible even up to the age of 65. And the list goes on and on and on.
Everybody wants less spending, but nobody is willing to sacrifice for it. So is it the fault of politicians, or is the fault of us?
Some of us will vote for responsible politicians. There was a time we didn't constantly have huge deficits. We still had poliiticians.
Yes there was. But this is what I call my
Ray from Cleveland's raccoon theory.
You see a hungry raccoon digging in your garbage can and feel sorry for the animal. So you go inside the house, and fetch that leftover ham you were going to throw away at the end of the week anyhow. After the animal eats in delight for a few seconds, try to take that ham away and see what happens to you.
The Democrats are well aware of my theory, although they may think of it in a different way, but humans are not that different than animals, where once you give them something, it's rightfully theirs as far as they are concerned. So few if any politicians right or left are willing to get their hand chewed up trying to take it away.
Now Democrats are pushing for Medicare for all, and free college. If they get away with it, those are government handouts nobody will ever be able to take away from the people, regardless how good or bad it works out.
That's the problem.