Usually fiscal irresponsibility comes in the form of lavish promises (subsidies, tax cuts, projects etc.) with a jarring absence of an answer to the question “How are we going to finance this?”
Right, the entire phrase, at least in the US, is intended to short circuit the broader conversion about roles and mechanisms of government. It’s begging the question. What US conservatives call “fiscal responsibility” typically just means “I don’t think the government should spend money on things which don’t personally benefit me.” Or even “I want other people’s children to pay for my entitlements.”
Usually fiscal irresponsibility comes in the form of lavish promises (subsidies, tax cuts, projects etc.) with a jarring absence of an answer to the question “How are we going to finance this?”
Right, the entire phrase, at least in the US, is intended to short circuit the broader conversion about roles and mechanisms of government. It’s begging the question. What US conservatives call “fiscal responsibility” typically just means “I don’t think the government should spend money on things which don’t personally benefit me.” Or even “I want other people’s children to pay for my entitlements.”
Right, but (at least in the US) those politicians will turn around and tell voters that they’re fiscally conservative. And they will believe it.
Well, that’s just called lying - US politicians haven’t been fiscally conservative in a long time.
Compared to Sweden
Yes, they lie about it and their base eats it up.