Can a Conservative, or even a Republican explain their thinking?

Question

Republicans blasted the Democratic budget for its hefty spending increases and its assumption that the lower taxes on income, married couples, inheritances and investments will expire at the end of 2010 as current law states.

"The best way to balance the budget is to control spending, not raise taxes," said top panel Republican Paul Ryan (news, bio, voting record) of Wisconsin.

How can Republicans never balance a budget and run up an additional 3 1/2 TRILLION dollar deficit and then, when the Democrats are in power say this:

""The best way to balance the budget is to control spending, not raise taxes"

This never seemed to be an issue when you controlled the Congress!

This is a serious question. Personal attacks and typical one-liners that are not answers will be reported!

Answer 1

It's politics, don't try to understand it, just enjoy the show.

Answer 2

Yes, republicans and conservatives can. But, you have to be open minded and tolerant enough to try to see past your emotions and understand the THINKING that we do. You have to see outside your box, and that is not easy.

I think your history might be out of whack. Go read what Regean did with trickle-down economics and the long term effects of economic growth on the economy of the 1980's and early 90's. More money in peoples pockets = more spending = more jobs = more salaries = more tax revenue. The idea is that lowering the percentage of taxes that people pay actually increases salaries and thus results in more tax revenue generation.

The reason we have a lot of debt and a defecit is that the govt. spends more of your money than you give to them. Lots of people on both sides of the isle think that the solution to this is not to give the government more money, but instead for the government to be more frugal witht he money that we do give them.

How was that?

Answer 3

OK, I will try to explain this without taking sides.

The first thing we all need to understand is that a government should not run on a surplus. It should only take from its' citizens in taxes what is absolutely needed to operate effectively and in the best interest of its' citizens.

The best way to balance the budget is to control spending on social services. Stop all the freebies to those unwilling to work or here illegally.

You do not need to raise taxes to pay for existing social services, you just need to make sure that those receiving services are entitled to them.

When you are trying to erase a deficit you do not start spending more money on non-essentials. This is unsustainable and unfair to the citizens who the money is taken from. (The defense of a country, its' citizens, and its' interests abroad are NOT non-essentials).

Lastly, in a free society, individuals need to be responsible for their own care, not the government, so the excess expenditures on social services are essentially bad for a society in general.

Answer 4

Do you honestly believe that if someone else had been president that we wouldnt be in a sizeable deficit?

After paying for katrina, aid to victims of hurricanes and earthquakes abroad, cleaning up WTC, dealing with airport and port security, and many other things that have come up in the in the last several years...
Even if we hadn't gone to Iraq we would still be in a big deficit...

If you spend more money than you make you will be in a deficit, he is saying to fix that we need to quit spending so much money.

Answer 5

Freedom isn't free.Do all the reporting you want to,schmuck.

Answer 6

I was going to answer your question, but I think I'd rather be reported, dumbass!

Answer 7

war cost money

Answer 8

yes we can but it would be way to complicated for your liberal mind to understand.

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

Can you??????????????