Two years ago, I took an online budget quiz put together by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
The results said I was a “minimalist,” which makes a lot of sense.
Today, I took another budget quiz, this one put together by the Washington Post.
I’d prefer to be called a libertarian, but I won’t quibble with being a “classic conservative” since I’ll interpret that as being the same as a Reagan-style conservative (rather than a big-spending Trump-style conservative).
The quiz correctly notes that the “big tax and spend” crowd is my archnemesis. And the quiz also is right that my focus is on shrinking government rather than reducing red ink.
That being said, the quiz was far from perfect. Here are a two gripes.
- There was no option to shut down useless bureaucracies such as the Departments of Education, Energy, HUD, Agriculture, and Transportation.
- Some of the questions are worded poorly (I want to extend all the Trump tax cuts, not just the ones for those earning less than $400K).
I will also mention that you get labeled a “classic conservative”even if you vote to cut the defense budget, which does not make much sense.
P.S. Here are the shortest and longest quizzes.
P.P.S. Here’s the quiz with the strangest result.
International Liberty 
Such quizzes can be honestly offered for self reflection but I really don’t see WaPo doing anything that doesn’t fit their role as far left propagandist outlet.
Therefore the questions were to elicit a certain “conclusion” just as “studies” these days mostly “prove” whatever the ones funding them WANT “proven.
Like Dan, I was a “classic conservative.” The Post thinks that my policies would only cut the deficit by 5% or so. But they don’t seem to have a clue that conservative fiscal policies will lead to superior economic growth. Talk about the perils of static analysis!
You should drop the Department of Energy from your list of useless departments since a majority of spending at DOE is related to US nuclear weapons or should should state that nuclear weapons maintenance should be continued.