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Re:The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion t... by lettergram on Saturday February 03, 2018 @10:26PM (#16301140)
I'm pretty sure you're quoting the libertarians: "fiscal conservative, socially liberal"

At least that was their 2016 campaign. Honestly, kind supprised there are so few people supporting that stance, when literally your choices are spend like crazy on defense or spend like crazy on welfare.

I don't actually recall a time where the budget was better under Republicans. Often they will even blatently say "tax cuts" and / or "defense spending". I don't believe they claim it will be better either...

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Re:The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion t... by lugg on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:00PM (#16301248)
Because sex, drugs, and rock and roll is what sells.

Moderation does not.

You can engage people about polarising issues incredibly easily and more importantly, it takes seconds.

Engaging a population in thoughtful discussion about the merits of each side and arriving at a moderate stance is incredibly difficult and takes time.

Time our pocket super computers have taught us we don't have.

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Re:The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion t... by nine_k on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:59PM (#16301431)
This is aggravated bu the fact that there are only 2 parties. Each is in the winner-takes-all game, where demonizing the opponent and polarizing as much as possible is the best strategy.

If there existed 10 parties, and coalition government were the norm, each party would have an incentive to take a moderate stance to pull an additional sliver of votes that could otherwise be had by another reasonably similar party.

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Re:The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion t... by acct1771 on Saturday February 03, 2018 @11:09PM (#16301272)
In 2012, leagues of people DID support that stance, and Ron Paul was completely blackballed from media coverage and debates.

Hilariously, he was given the treatment that everyone bitched about Donald Trump receiving (even though he didn't, Trump's coverage was amazing, and constant, and will remain so).

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Re:The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion t... by matte_black on Saturday February 03, 2018 @10:43PM (#16301192)
What’s the point of government having a great budget if your own bottom line sucks?
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