FEEL GOOD BUZZ WORDS --BALANCE BUDGET, SMALL GOVERNMENT, REDUCE SPENDING

FEEL GOOD WORDS: -- BALANCE BUDGET, SMALL GOVERNMENT, REDUCE SPENDING. what does it mean?
I have lived under all of those scenarios and My life, my financial situation did not change for the better under any  of those situation.--and yet, these ideals are the goals of Politicians.  Are these just buzz words to get politicians re-elected?

A BALANCED BUDGET, SMALL GOVERNMENT, REDUCE SPENDING, what does it all mean to the average Joe Blow?
OK, Small Government--Yea right! who pays for public services including public safety. Reduce Spending--who picks up the garbage, fill the pot-holes, pave the feeways and public streets. on public road way,security reduced for lack of funding.
Balanced budget--people's unemployed, public services cut, the homelessness--they are on their own.