Neo-cons lambaste liberals for being "tax and spend", while in the meantime they embark on "borrow and spend".
In reality, "tax and spend" ("don't spend what you don't have") is far more the traditional conservative stance, while "borrow and spend" is historically the great failing of traditional liberalism.
Budget deficits are not conservatism is action.
Also there's the "big government" charge against liberals. What administrations have been the ones expanding government? If I understand things correctly (and I may be wrong), it's the so called conservatives.
Moose
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
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