Is this fiscally liberal? - Feingold

[jsamuel]

BALANCING THE BUDGET AND ELIMINATING WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING

"Fiscal responsibility is a basic duty of the federal government. Cutting wasteful spending and spending taxpayer money wisely must always remain our highest priority. An important part of my platform when I first ran for U.S. Senate in 1992 was my 82-point plan to reduce the federal deficit. Fiscal responsibility is a strong Wisconsin tradition, one that I am proud to carry on in the Senate-most recently this past March, when I voted to keep in place spending caps on the Federal budget.

Fiscal responsibility is crucial if we are to eliminate our massive national debt, strengthen Social Security, and modernize Medicare. We have made great progress, bringing the budget deficit down from $340 billion in 1992 to a surplus in 2000. However, President Bush's irresponsible tax cuts have forced us back into deficit spending. I have fought and will continue to fight against irresponsible tax cuts and wasteful spending to reduce our massive federal debt and to practice responsible budgeting with your hard earned tax dollars."

http://www.russfeingold.org/fiscal_responsibility.php

[MadisonProgressive]

1. Fiscally Liberal... has a nice ring to it!

[IndyOp]

2. My 'liberality' is about 'morality' -

We cannot responsibly tend to our people, our communities, our earth without attending to the morality of how our government takes in and gives out money. I've not read Feingold's 82-point plan to reduce the deficit, but deficit reduction *is* an aspect of being responsible. There are others...

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[IndyOp]

3. An Insight: THE MOST LIBERAL Senator listens to his constituents...

Feingold holds listening sessions in Wisconsin frequently:
< http://feingold.senate.gov/listening/index.html >

THE MOST LIBERAL Congressmen also listen to their constituents:
Bernie Sanders
Dennis Kucinich

Listen to *the people* and you are *liberal* -- ain't that scary!

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[jsamuel]

4. thanks for the info!