The "New" Conservatives have no problems with big spending and big deficits. I miss the old days.
This is because conservatives of today are still trying to win the argument that lowering taxes — to some so-called optimal point — generates more revenue to the government over time. We should have won the arguement by now so that are next objective could be met: further lower taxes below the optimum point so that government has less to spendand grow with!
Read the sections on taxes and government. It can be inferred. Besides welfare reform what other specific proposals have been made in the past that cut gov't spending? Without 60 votes in the Senate, nothing is going to happen. So why shoot yourself in the foot for Election Day? Entitlement reform is where the bulk of that spending is. Look what happened to the President's attempt at Social Security.