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Who wouldn’t want to be Santa Claus, fulfilling the wishes and dreams of everyone who asks? For anyone who doesn’t live at the North Pole, however, resources are finite.
The Liberal government may not see it that way. The new administration seems to be comfortable picking up the tab at every opportunity, offering help no matter what it costs, writing blank cheques to anyone who asks.
David Chilton, author of the Wealthy Barber, often talks about how people get into debt with a flawed attitude toward spending money they don’t have. If we’re going to renovate the bathroom, we might as well do the kitchen too. Let’s go for the marble countertop — it’s only a bit more. What a great deal this is — we can’t afford not to do it!
That’s effectively how the Liberals have approached government so far. Justin Trudeau promised to adopt all 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission before he knew their full implications, including how much they would cost.
When it was time to go to the climate change conference in Paris, Trudeau brought 300 people with him, a delegation twice the size of the American contingent and triple the British cohort. He’s made open-ended promises to the provinces about health care and pension reform.
There’s no problem that a little cash can’t solve. And when managing money isn’t at the top of your list of priorities, it’s not a priority at all. If you can justify one expenditure, it’s easy to justify another, then another. Before you know it, a $10-billion deficit becomes $20 billion. Or more.
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Sutcliffe: Trudeau is keen to impress us — even if it means spending our own money | Calgary Herald
Who wouldn’t want to be Santa Claus, fulfilling the wishes and dreams of everyone who asks? For anyone who doesn’t live at the North Pole, however, resources are finite.
The Liberal government may not see it that way. The new administration seems to be comfortable picking up the tab at every opportunity, offering help no matter what it costs, writing blank cheques to anyone who asks.
David Chilton, author of the Wealthy Barber, often talks about how people get into debt with a flawed attitude toward spending money they don’t have. If we’re going to renovate the bathroom, we might as well do the kitchen too. Let’s go for the marble countertop — it’s only a bit more. What a great deal this is — we can’t afford not to do it!
That’s effectively how the Liberals have approached government so far. Justin Trudeau promised to adopt all 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission before he knew their full implications, including how much they would cost.
When it was time to go to the climate change conference in Paris, Trudeau brought 300 people with him, a delegation twice the size of the American contingent and triple the British cohort. He’s made open-ended promises to the provinces about health care and pension reform.
There’s no problem that a little cash can’t solve. And when managing money isn’t at the top of your list of priorities, it’s not a priority at all. If you can justify one expenditure, it’s easy to justify another, then another. Before you know it, a $10-billion deficit becomes $20 billion. Or more.
mo
Sutcliffe: Trudeau is keen to impress us — even if it means spending our own money | Calgary Herald
