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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The federal government has about 200 means tested programs. You can add any number of state programs and charities. The total of all 3 comes to nearly $1 trillion spending every year. It’s about $17,500 for every person under the poverty line, every year. So one question one might ask: are we satisfied with the outcomes for this level of spending? I bet a lot of people, across the political spectrum, would answer ‘no’. So, what to do? Just spend more? Reallocate across the same set of programs? [b]Drop some programs and consider new ones? [/b]As a conservative I think these are reasonable approaches. My takeaway, though, is that just spending more is not the best way.[/quote]

The problem for conservatives is that when a program is dropped or cut, there usually isn't anything to fill the gap. It's pull yourself up by the bootstraps. The point is the cuts because by cutting government spending and "entitlements" (a better term would be earned benefits) allows them to lower taxes on the wealthy and corporations. I don't disagree with your points in theory. [/quote]
Well think back not too long about the policies of Bill Clinton (D). How would those go over in today’s Democrat party? I personally like leaders to be Governors. Tells me they had to make some tough choices. Conservatives take a little more of an economics approach to things, where the government is spreading around a finite resource.[/quote]

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