Conservatives understand that hard choices have to be made. We simply cannot keep spending at the rate we are. Of course minorities will vote in their self interest. The problem becomes, can our country survive when our aim is to take care of everyone.
As the PIIGS show us, the meltdown in Europe is a sign of things to come. Japan is bankrupt, and they just don't know it yet.
Except for Germany, most European nations are "against the ropes" ,concerning their debt. And Germany will soon be in the same boat.
While the idea that a government can serve every need is noble, economic reality shows us it is unworkable.
It took our country 206 years to accumulate our first trillion dollar debt , and only 32 years to accumulate the next 15 trillion.
It doesn't take a math wizard to see that this rapidly accumulating debt will be a huge problem in the future.
Unless Americans make hard choices, it is possible that, just like the USSR, we will also face our our fiscal crisis.
While I understand that people will vote for their own self interest, what they(and we) are truly doing is greasing the skids to our own demise.
Every empire in history has collapsed. We will be no different unless we learn from history.
If the GOP truly has to appease those that clamor for more to become a party they will vote for, it is indeed a fools errand that will do nothing more that speed our way to a fiscal collapse.
Mark
Yea sure the Repubs are SO concerned about the debt. Unless it means more taxes to pay for the spending. And cuts to the military. Hey we just spent a billion on bombing, you Repubs concerned about the billions more we are gonna spend on war?
And why is it that these Republicans who are so concerned about spending and debt, never ever do anything except spend and borrow when they have a chance to do something about both? Do you know the answer to that?
Surely you won't claim that spending and debt both drop under Republican leadership.
But it sounds good to say that debt and spending both fell, don't it? Truth be damned.