Thing is, if you're fiscally conservative and socially liberal, you're already in the democratic party, with two caveats. One, you might have trouble shaking the notion that Democrats only want to tax and spend. As much as you hate paying taxes, is cutting taxes, and defeceit spending a better policy? In the State of the Union address, Bush suggested that if spending were constrained to 4% per year, the defeceit might be controlled. This from the administration that saw government spending grow by something like 12% per year (an off the top of my head number. I'm certain it's close, but I'm not sure if it's total spending or just discretionary spending.)
The thing is, even if you cut taxes, spending money you don't have isn't fiscal responsibility, fiscal conservatism, or even good government. So, unless fiscal conservatism means the Republican practice of irresponsible tax cuts, fiscal conservatism is now a Democratic principle.
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