What’s a fiscal conservative to do? – Betsy has a mini-roundup of conservative columnists complaining about ballooning government spending. She notes that Ronald Reagan vetoed a highway bill but the veto was overridden by Congress and thus it’s hard to drive pork out of Washington. Perhaps, but President Bush hasn’t made even a token effort to limit spending. I don’t think it’s sufficient or responsible to say that the Democrats would be worse. We need to cut spending with a machete, not tweezers.