I enjoy the political whining about the size of the deficit...
I enjoy the political whining about the size of the deficit...it's 'only' 3% of GDP, though, so complaining about the sheer size of it without comparing it to GDP is like comparing your mortgage to your parents', without comparing incomes.
#Juan - That was just for one year. it's long since been spent on penny whistles and moon pies.
My point is, 3% of GDP is not that bad of a deficit, if it's only for a year or two.
You say that like any other party wouldn't be doing the same thing, if they were in power. And the conservatives would be ranting in opposition, too.
No matter who is on the gov't side, it wouldn't make any difference to what is happening right now.
There weren't deficits until the separatist coalition wanted to take over the country and create deficits themselves. They wanted to spend like drunken sailors and forced the fed hand to do the same.
What's the problem? This is what everyone wanted.
From the pre-election phony Conservative promises, no deficits a short time ego to $50 Billion today, soon the Conservative cash register will show that Canadians will be further in debt by $100 Billion in the next 5 years, don’t think I am joking. If that is competent FISCAL MANAGEMENT, OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POLITICS period is phony- Lets just suppose Harper did what he had to do to cut the deficit to $25 billion- what do you think would be happening? Health costs would be slashed, education would be slashed, justice would be slashed, security measures would be slashed and the Liberals and N.D.P. would be screaming like banshees. How many of us REALLY want to lose services? Kids can't even function in school without computers (actually the teachers and principals can't either)
No question about legality, but they would've driven the deficit 3 times higher than what it is. The BLOC wouldn't support the LIBS/NDP without backroom $$ deals. Besides, the lack of fed spending during the downturn was their official reason they claimed to be forming a government. They promised to spend more.There was never any separatist coalition. The NDP and the Liberals were receiving support from the Bloc, but the Bloc never had any control. The whole shmozzle started when Harper tried to break the other parties by removing their funding. What the coalition did was perfectly legal and above board.