Quote (IceMage @ Feb 6 2020 09:07am)
Balancing the budget could be a thing if enough voters cared. I do... apparently you don't.
Lowering taxes while increasing spending is fiscally irresponsible. I know it pains you to discuss areas where Trump falls short, but he's the leader of the party. Rational people without a cultish attitude can acknowledge those shortcomings, be honest about them, and demand better. Yes, we all know both parties have created the fiscal mess, but Trump has just made it worse. In so many ways he's shown the true nature of the Republican party, especially in this particular area.
That's fantastic that you care, and i'm sure if we were to do a survey vast majority of Americans would say the same. Where the break down in agreement happens is that comes at a cost, higher taxes or reduced spending in which case once again vast majority of Americans would be against those two things.
So politicians aren't going to commit political suicide by going after entitlements or vastly higher taxes, hence even why the Democrats don't want people like Bernie to get into office. Again this isn't about Trump and what he's doing isn't drastically different when it comes to fiscal policy that the average tax cutting military loving republican would have done. You just think it is because you're so hyper focused on him failing to even notice recent historical realities.