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Originally Posted by Regorium
Fiscal conservative is that you balance both sides of the ledger. If you want low taxes, you accompany that with low spending (like Al Duerr). If you want high spending, you accompany that with high taxes.
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That's really not it. Fiscal conservatism is low tax, small government. High tax, high spending tends to be socialism, as usually the taxes hit the rich more and the spending helps the poor.