# Fiscal conservatism is dead in the Republican Party. When the Tea Party prote...
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Fiscal conservatism is dead in the Republican Party. When the Tea Party protests first began, the national debt was around $9 Trillion. Today, it’s over $40 Trillion and rising. The GOP is not the vehicle for reducing spending.