Except the existence of Gay Conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and Jewish conservatives would prove this wrong.
[QUOTE=bigstick61;21125304 The idea of lowering taxes is farcical without also lowering spending, which means going after things that Leftists hold dear, including addressing the provider state (which should not exist to begin with, but that's another matter). If that's all we really have as a platform, plus economic interventions (which aren't necessarily compatible with conservatism or economic liberalism) to "create jobs" or "make college affordable" (which is an issue with a non-economic reason for existing and can't be addressed using only economic means), then we really don't have much of a platform. Californians, even many on the Left, may not like taxes, but they like all of that other stuff that's bad at least as much.
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[QUOTE=bigstick61;21125304 The idea of lowering taxes is farcical without also lowering spending, which means going after things that Leftists hold dear, including addressing the provider state (which should not exist to begin with, but that's another matter). If that's all we really have as a platform, plus economic interventions (which aren't necessarily compatible with conservatism or economic liberalism) to "create jobs" or "make college affordable" (which is an issue with a non-economic reason for existing and can't be addressed using only economic means), then we really don't have much of a platform. Californians, even many on the Left, may not like taxes, but they like all of that other stuff that's bad at least as much.
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