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Originally Posted by OBW
Irrelevant.
My point was not to agree with the far left of the Democratic party. It was to point out that the one of the biggest problems is the constant increase in deficit spending. I am sure that there being any of the Democrats really being willing to reign in overall spending while trying to implement any of these new proposals is roughly zero.
But while we (conservatives) like what the conservative side is spending too much money on, they are overspending just as much as the other side. We have roughly 3 decades of recent history to show this to be true. Deficit spending has increased steadily under all regimes.
My problem is that conservatism has failed to actually be conservatism, but has been usurped by reactionary dreamers (I could elaborate, but don't want to inflame anyone). Conservatism used to be seen as slow change with fiscal responsibility. But now it has turned into no change (or reverse course) but with little or no fiscal responsibility.
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This is a corporate oligarchy whose marketing campaign is aimed at "conservatives" vs "progressives" but the reality is whoever pays to get the President, Senate and Congress elected gets the government laws and grants that they wanted.
This is why I reject the notion that it is your responsibility to vote. If everyone votes it legitimizes the process. The corporations decide which two candidates you get to vote for, it doesn't matter to them, and we are left with the illusion of a democracy.