(03-13-2019, 03:11 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(03-13-2019, 02:46 PM)jj82284 Wrote: U believe conservatism is about preserving the status quo.  I believe and I would argue rightly that conservatism is about preserving individual liberty and the principles there of.  

As to spending, through the miracle of entitlements and baseline budgeting every progressive budget will be higher than the next.  I think that we should address that and I'm not happy that were at these levels but 1.) There were deep cuts to non defense spending in the executive departments and 2.) It's the most conservative administration in 3 decades.  Give him till his second term.

No.  The status quo can't be preserved.  Everything changes, always.  And aspects of the status quo  bad anyhow.
Part of both conservatism and liberalism inovlves defining what is good and what is bad.  That can be discussed at some other time.
But an essential feature of conservatism is taking small and deliberate steps with regard to both preserving what is good about the status quo and fixing what is bad about it.