Strawman.
No one is suggesting giving up social core values.
Fiscal irresponsibility is not the cause of our problems, it is a symptom of the lack of moral character to resist the temptation for immediate gratification of the senses, which is also the real cause for the proliferation of abortion and other deviant sexual behaviors.
You fiscal conservatives are dreaming if you think we can solve the spending issue without fixing the moral character of this nation.