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Not that I'm pro-cut, but to a budget hawk any spending is too much spending regardless of matched contribution.

Edit: Keep on downvoting, it's not going to change the opposition's persepctive.

I think the term "budget hawk" has been misapplied so much that it's essentially meaningless. Libertarians seem to want a Federal government as it maybe existed 100 years ago. Right wing Republicans aren't necessarily interested in lower spending or deficits, but claim "deficit spending" as a problem when the tax levels are higher than they like, or when the spending levels for programs they don't like are too high. Everything else is okay.

There are a few people who actually care about running a government that isn't running in the red for eternity, but that's not really what they campaign on or they wouldn't get elected, in my opinion.

That's a straw man of a budget hawk. Real budget hawks are more reasonable.

Bury your head in the sand, man. We're not looking at reasonable folks. It's just one side trying to piss on the other.

Thank you Captain Obvious. Can you also shed light on some deep mysteries like the colour of the sky, if water is wet, and where bears poop?

Do you have something constructive to add?

I need answers man. What's the hold up?

> That's a straw man of a budget hawk. Real budget hawks are more reasonable.

Is this an ironic no-true-scotsman?

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