looks like the orange man group making a come back..

[Spongebob]

In practice, no matter what the Republican Party says, “fiscal conservatism” is largely a fantasy. They may use it as a justification for cutting the social safety nets, but theory invariably goes out the window, on a large scale, because they will invariably find a way to increase spending, and if it means borrowing money they can’t get from tax revenue because they cut taxes, then so be it.

I agree.  Modern Republican fiscal conservatism doesn't really exist except where it applies to social services.  I have a long-held view that Republicans are absolute hypocrites because just about everything they espouse is conditional.  They hate big government, except in cases where they don't (DHS).  They hate big spending, except when they like it (military).  They hate government subsidies, except they don't (farmers, oil?).  Even abortion is nonsense.  Many Republicans support women's choice until they seek a high office and the overzealous church lobby forces them to mouth the words in support of banning abortion.  Since Regan (the father of the modern GOP), not a single Republican president, or a Republican controlled congress has acted to significantly reduce national debt.