. . .(F)rom 2000 to 2008, 56.3 per cent of self-identified conservatives said we were spending too little on assistance to the poor, compared to just 36.6 per cent who said we were spending too little on the military. And multi-decade data from the GSS about social spending on seven items - social security, welfare, education, the environment, health care, big city problems and improving the conditions of blacks - showed that seven out of 10 conservatives thought we were spending too little overall.
Political scientist Scott Lemieux put it bluntly:
see The 'magic' of conservative politics - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
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