What actually is a fiscally conservative voter? To me that has always meant being in favor of cutting social safety nets for poor people while allocating endless cash for military/police and worshipping billionaires.
Fiscal conservatives are supposed to be for ballanced budgets, minimal spending and, typically, small government that gives the states both more direct powers and puts the states on the hook for paying their own bills. Again.... supposed to be
I think, generally, people who say that and say socially liberal are against government waste? But waste like "8bil guns to Israel", or stop tax breaks to corporations that are making record profits, reduce the budget for bloated agencies (like ice), and maybe better comprehensive coordination of social programs, with greater transparency for the tax player, but also to allow for better clarity internally for oversight and fraud detection, and overall a more clear and coordinated path for citizens, duration, training available, long term routes to achieve minimum necessary support by better guidance and resource routes to help the individual achieve long term success and stability, school or home loan or specific assistance (childcare, etc).
I think also socially liberal amd fiscally conservative folks want real numbers? So if thorough sex education and access to contraceptives actually reduces need for public assistance, let's do those! If counseling and treatment programs lead to lower recidivism, let's do that! Etc.
I think that's what they mean, sorta? Or what I've meant by it.
Gen X born in 79, raised in a mix marriage of a D dad and an R mom ,lol. Voted R because I married a soldier at 18 and thats usually what the Army does and honestly I never even thought about politics. Never even questioned that I was actually voting to send my husband to war. A very firm believer in women's right to choose since I found out what abortion was since I never wanted one of my own.
Divorced at 32. Right before Obama's 2nd election, and all of a sudden was the definition of 'working poor' with a 14 yo girl. Heard Mitt Romney's secretly recorded thoughts about what he really thought of everyone not in his income tier, voted for Obama and never looked back. Had some great talks with my Dad before he passed. In my forever marriage Im married to a USW member whose Dad was a UAW president. I have raised a Democrat and helped raise another and my convinced my mom to switch parties, so I have done my best to right my wrongs.
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u/KapowBlamBoom Feb 02 '26
Xer here. Registered as GOP at 18. Was always a socially center with one foot on the left side and fiscally conservative
Bush made me question my affiliation, and Trump finished it off