solsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGOP mayor blasts Trump and warns of 'hostile attacks' on cities if he's re-electedwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down111
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minus-squareVerdantSporeSeasoning@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoFiscal conservatism should have never been conflated with severe austerity. Starve the government is a bad plan, thanks so much Grover Norquist 😤
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCompletely agree. Balanced budget, working away the debt, making sure you don’t run a deficit? All totally sensible. But you do that by making the government more efficient and raising tax revenue, not slashing funding willy nilly
Fiscal conservatism should have never been conflated with severe austerity. Starve the government is a bad plan, thanks so much Grover Norquist 😤
Completely agree.
Balanced budget, working away the debt, making sure you don’t run a deficit? All totally sensible. But you do that by making the government more efficient and raising tax revenue, not slashing funding willy nilly