there is no doubt that both the republicans and the democrats want to grow spending - just in different ways.
Meanwhile I want to decrease spending and am left with the option of voting for the big spenders or the bigger spenders or the small spenders who have no chance of winning an election.
Bingo. That is exactly the choice we had in the last election. Now, the government is spending even more, which, of course is predictable.
Since the choice is to spend or to overspend, then we may as well get something out of it.