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OK sob, let's make this real simple:
1) the "fiscal conservatives" have yet to show that they're fiscally conservative. Reagan and both Bush's were more than happy to cut funding for social programs, safety programs, and infrastructure programs, and shift all that funding, and then some, to the military. That's not fiscally conservative.
2) In less than 4 years Bush has spent more than Clinton spent in 8.
3) Clinton left office with no deficit and a surplus. Bush reversed that almost before we knew what was happening.
4) Seeing that we were running a deficit again, and therefore out of money, Bush immediately reacted by cutting taxes. He did not, however, cut spending. Care to explain how that's smart?
As to your echoing the republican call for smaller government, that's really old and tired, especially since it's a load of total horseshit. They don't want smaller government. They want big government in different areas - namely the military - and they're willing to sacrifice public wellfare programs (meat inspection, highway repair, etc) in order to do it.
Reagan and Bush tried this dumbassed economic plan for 12 years and it tanked. Now Bush is trying it again. Republicans seem to like to beat their head against the same wall over and over again, and the hell of it is, people go for it every freakin' time!
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