Many self-described "fiscal conservatives" incorrectly believe that America's economic and fiscal woes will disappear if Republicans take Congress and the White House. While it is true that Republicans are typically
less damaging than Democrats to the economy and the American taxpayer's wallet, the GOP has in recent times demonstrated the capability of being fiscally reckless when it occupies both Congress and the White House. In terms of fiscal policy, the Republican/Democrat, left/right paradigm is incorrect, anyway. The correct paradigm should be statist/non-statist, pro-central control/pro-free market.
Ironically, many who claim to be "fiscally conservative" and opposed to overreaching government intervention in the economy have little to say about overreaching government intervention in the monetary system,
which should be every fiscal conservative's top issue. But even many high-profile, highly-opinionated "fiscal conservatives" such as Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Charles Krauthammer, and George Will have little to say about the Federal Reserve's stewardship of the monetary system,
even after the cataclysmic financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent economic depression. It's particularly heartbreaking to hear Krauthammer and Will, who can write and speak so eloquently about domestic and international politics, resort to platitudes when commenting on the Fed. Rush largely ignores the Fed, and Levin actually
lambasts people who strongly believe the Fed should be ended.
