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I think this is a question for onetime2 (or any other economist). As a republican - no i can't explain that. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either. That's admittedly an area where my "party" seems to be lacking.
It's funny though because i've often said that i'm not so much republican as i am anti-liberal (the older i got the more anti-liberal i got, like you). I think (as probably most do) that politicians are in general jackasses. In a nutshell i'm republican because a) I know both theories and not only subscribe (mostly) to the republican theory, but generally despise liberal theory and b) I see a boatload more hypocrisy in the way the liberal theory is put into practice (the only reason i don't elaborate is because that's not what you asked).
As i said before I'm not sure why republicans have such a difficult time with it. but what exactly are the implications of having a budget deficit? Also, I would hope that the fewer tax dollars the government had, being that there's so much wasted, it would easily be made up by trimming the fat.
Sorry i couldn't answer your question - I'm looking forwarded to the responses as well.
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