JLM - we are going in circles - and getting away from my point which - cuts in taxes MUST be accompanied by cuts in Government spending - which has not happened under Harper. The cost of government has exploded under Harper to a $60 B deficit this year - plus foreseeable deficits for the future. The tax cuts were poorly timed, fiscally irresponsible, and amount to heaping more debt on future generations. The only "expense" Harper cut back on was paying off the debt - which was incurred in the 70's and 80's.
In 10 to 15 years, a choice will between paying benefits to an aging population, or paying off the debt, and maintaining services for the younger generations. If we continue on the path we are now, in 15 years, there will be no health care for the aged, or CPP, or OAS - because the younger ones will refuse to pay for it. That sentiment already exists. It will only grow in time (in my opinion that is)