Reply #30: One of Dean's strongest positions is balancing the budget. Very very [View All]

[DebJ]

strong convictions on this and proof in his record as Governor.
This is a "Republican/Conservative" issue, is it not? And also one of the issues that has conservatives getting more and more upset and likely to NOT vote for Bush.

Yet with a budget under control, Dean is socially progressive. But unlike many Democrats, he understands that duh, first you have to have the money to do this. And then when he is socially progressive, he implements programs that actually can end up saving money in the long run....that is, get to the root causes of social spending needs and stomp out the cause instead of putting expensive bandaids on as 'solutions'. Get kids the help they need before six and insure they eat and have health insurance, THEN you can teach them, duh, and prevent needing to build a prison cell for many of them later.

Just the first two things that come to mind I've got to get out of here in a minute.