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Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.
Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- P.J. O'Rourke
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for P. J. O'Rourke: life dates 1947 to 2022. Wikidata Q730017, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730017 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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