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Reason is that the political debate is no longer right vs left in the US. Trump and his posse have proven to be compulsive liars. https://www.nytimes.com/inter

• hkmurakami 9y ago
  ? The "appropriate" size and role of the federal government is still a very worthwhile and earnest point of debate, and that is a classic left/right issue.
  • keganunderwood 9y ago
    Sorry but nobody is for small government. Nobody is for a balanced budget. It is a farce. We all have two piles: a. Things we want the government to do b. Things we don't If you're for a balanced budget, you'll oppose current tax cut plans and demand government cut spending. The problem is of course where do we cut spending? Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. Can we please stop pretending?
    • sdfkljs 9y ago
      > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. So if people always benefit from every dollar spent...why should we ever stop government spending...oh wait, hasn't this been tried before?
    • timrichard 9y ago
      > Find me a dollar of "waste" and I'll show you someone who benefits from it. I expect others who've also worked on Government projects would find that as preposterous as I do.
    • SamReidHughes 9y ago
      Trump has actually proven his bone fides for small government in the sense of reducing regulatory burden.
• sdfkljs 9y ago
  > compulsive liars Politics is all about lying and people do it on all sides all the time. It feels compulsive because the MSM keeps covering Trump so much, and never offering comparisons to show that its not out of the ordinary on the other side.