Deficit Hypocrisy Why is it that Republicans are always saying that Democrats like to spend money. When actually they are the ones who spend the tax payers money, by going to war, paying for a prescription drug bill that was not paid for, giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. Now that the deficit is out of control the Democrats have to be the one who are fiscally conservative. Here are two graphs showing Federal spending levels of Democratic Presidents and Republican Presidents, which party looks more fiscally conservative.