Why do conservatives spend like drunken sailors?

Apparently, Canada's Conservative Pary has made promises that will cost more than those of the governing Liberals.

Why is that? In the States, Clinton proposed balanced budgets after years of excess at the hands of Republican presidents. And when back into Republican hands, the Republican controled Presidency and legislatures began throwing cash out the window like it was going out of style, racking up deficits like crazy.

Here in Canada, the Conservatives' Mulroney outdid all of Trudeau's excesses with whopping deficits. So never assume that conservatives are actually any more truly conservative than anyone else!