fiscal conservative
Spending-averse politician
A fiscal conservative favors limited government spending, lower taxes, and balanced budgets.
The term describes both a political philosophy and people who hold it: She's a fiscal conservative but socially liberal.
Fiscal conservatives typically oppose deficit spending and expanding government programs, arguing that free markets allocate resources more efficiently than government intervention.
Commerce without state intervention
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
pro-business · entrepreneurship · monetarism · neoliberalism · limited government · economic freedom · property rights · competition
Spending matching revenue
- deficit hawkPolitician demanding spending cuts
- spending cutsReducing governmental expenditures
- debt ceilingMaximum government can owe
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
sequester · appropriations · zero-based budgeting · line-item veto · means testing · discretionary spending · mandatory spending · omnibus bill
Economical resource management
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- thriftCareful use of resources
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
cutbacks · belt-tightening · penny-pinching · tightfisted · cautious · judicious · self-restraint · cost-conscious
Legislated decrease in levy
- flat taxSingle-rate income levy
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- tax bracketTaxable income category
- tax shelterLegal income-shielding arrangement
low rates · tax credit · deduction · taxpayer · supply-side · tax burden · tax reform · estate tax
Remove unnecessary elements
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- productivityOutput relative to input
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
- performance metricsQuantifiable measures of effectiveness
accountability · benchmarking · value for money · lean operations · ROI · consolidation · cost-benefit analysis · means testing
free market
Commerce without state intervention
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
capitalism · pro-business · entrepreneurship · monetarism · neoliberalism · limited government · economic freedom · property rights · competition · private sector
balanced budget
Spending matching revenue
- deficit hawkPolitician demanding spending cuts
- spending cutsReducing governmental expenditures
- debt ceilingMaximum government can owe
austerity · sequester · appropriations · zero-based budgeting · line-item veto · means testing · discretionary spending · mandatory spending · omnibus bill · earmark
frugality
Economical resource management
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- thriftCareful use of resources
- moderationAvoidance of excess
parsimony · cutbacks · belt-tightening · penny-pinching · tightfisted · cautious · judicious · self-restraint · cost-conscious · waste reduction
tax cut
Legislated decrease in levy
- flat taxSingle-rate income levy
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- tax bracketTaxable income category
low rates · tax shelter · tax credit · deduction · taxpayer · supply-side · tax burden · tax reform · estate tax · double taxation
streamline
Remove unnecessary elements
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
- productivityOutput relative to input
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
performance metrics · accountability · benchmarking · value for money · lean operations · ROI · consolidation · cost-benefit analysis · means testing · rightsizing
- conservatismtraditionalism, small government, free enterprise, family values, individualism
- political labelsliberal, leftist, rightist, moderate, centrist
- political ideologiesanarchism, liberalism, liberal, libertarian, socialism
- centrismmoderates, moderation, middle ground, compromise, bipartisanship
fiscal conservativebig spender
One who splurges freely
spendthrift · free spender · Keynesian · expansionist · interventionist
fiscal conservativedemocratic socialist
Advocates socialism via elections
socialist · social democrat · Bernie Sanders · statist · FDR
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