Conservatives don’t give a fuck about the economy. Research shows time and time again that progressive ideas are positive for the economy (housing the homeless, socialized healthcare, public transit, education, just to name a few examples).

They don’t care. Don’t listen to Conservatives when they tell you their beliefs. They’re full of shit. It always eventually boils down to “I want my in-group to have advantages over the out-group”. They’re not the party of “fiscal responsibility”, they’re the party of social hierarchies.