While the Democrats want to spend to help the poor and disadvantaged, the uneducated, the unemployed, the elderly, and anyone else that needs a hand up, the Republicans would rather spend on welfare for the rich and the corporations and on wars to spread our corporate power around the globe -- while cutting taxes for the rich and putting the burden for their spending on workers and middle class Americans.
Remember, Democrat Bill Clinton left office with the government having a budget surplus -- which Republican George Bush turned into a huge budget deficit. Don't believe the Republican lie. They are not the party of small government. They are just the party that caters to the rich.