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(07-23-2016, 09:42 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Really nobody is against a "humane standard of living", although I think there's a pretty reasonable debate to be had of what that standard is.  And being against writing blank checks to the govt and against reckless and wasteful spending doesn't mean one is anti-poverty, or anti-military, or whatever else is used to demonize people that demand fiscal responsibility.

I understand, with the general inefficiency of federal spending, why one would hesitate to enhance social welfare. I'm not arguing with you in regards to the fact that there are factions that just want to completely go overboard with govt. spending, just as there are those that want to gut everything except for the military. Almost all discussions of politics, however, will come down to the fact that polarization, the two party system, make it exceedingly difficult to address issues with both conservative and progressive ideologies in mind. I think it can generally be agreed that we need to invest in our society more but that we need to spend that money efficiently.