I’m no liberal. In fact, I’m a fiscal conservative.

That might be hard for you to believe. After all, I think the President’s stimulus package is too small. I think we need close to $1.5 trillion – nearly double the amount.  Without it, the economy will remain in recession longer.  I hope I’m wrong.

That doesn’t sound like a fiscal conservative. Well, it is. But times have changed. This is no time to worry about deficits. The time was three years ago. That time has past. We need to put out the fire now.

When the economy returns to health, then we need to tighten our belts and drop deficits. But we can’t create revenues – to go along with spending cuts – until we get America working again.

I’ve gone back into my archives to show you that I am no liberal big spender. I have always agreed with a low-tax policy that would spur economic activity. The problem with the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress was this: they cut taxes but failed to cut spending. In reality, they made things worse by depleting the Treasury and forcing bigger deficits on our kids – the same argument we hear from the same Republicans who broke the bank.

Just for the record, read this column of mine from more than a year ago. I endorse who I think should be President. After reading this, tell me if you think I’m a liberal when you consider the things I was begging our leaders to do. I like to think I stand for common sense and that most of you stand with me.