In “Don’t be fooled” (May 31), letter writer Pat Stirling calls Rep. Mike Kelly a fiscal conservative. If “an elected official who votes to give himself and his heirs a giant tax cut while ballooning the national debt by $1.9 trillion” is a fiscal conservative, then indeed, Kelly is one.

That definition has evolved since 2014, when Kelly voted against raising the debt limit, saying “My constituents in Western Pennsylvania sent me to Washington because government spending has reached a crisis level, and I gave them my word that I would to do everything in my power to reverse course.”

Three years later, Kelly voted to cut taxes for the rich and for corporations, and eliminate inheritance taxes for his heirs. When he cast that vote, he knew full well the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found those cuts would never be paid for with job growth. Instead, they would add as much as $1.9 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years.

Since the tax cut was passed, there have been no explosions of new jobs, as promised. Corporations are rewarding shareholders instead. In fact, the revered Harley Davidson took its tax cuts, paid a bonus to stockholders, and announced last month it will close its Kansas City manufacturing plant. The new Thailand plant is on schedule, however.

Kelly, with a net worth estimated at around $18 million, has done no favors for his working class constituents with that tax cut vote. Their savings will be eaten up by escalating interest rates and other ripples caused by the national debt.

The only fiscal conservatism I see from Kelly is the conservation of wealth for the wealthy.