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Originally Posted by Iciclehead
I too have no particular issue running a deficit when it is affordable and when prudence requires investment. And as a conservative, I firmly and forcefully put my feedback into Harper when he ran a deficit for many of the same reasons that others are criticizing Trudeau.
The concern with Trudeau is that his mindset appears to be one of tax and spend liberalism, particularly riding on a populist coat-tail of "tax those rich buggers to give to the rest of us".
The man is not particularly bright and does not have a terribly strong team around him, so being able to put a deficit spending programme together that includes when and how to pay it back is likely beyond their capabilities.
I note that it was a Liberal that slayed the deficit of the '90's, but only when Canada had its near to death experience financially. I just wish Trudeau was up front about the need to invest, perhaps at a deficit level but with a mind set to stop the deficit spending as soon as possible.
Plus the endless photo ops that the media expounds only trivializes whatever talent the lad actually has....
Dennis
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Fair points to both TheMentat and Iciclehead. Not everything Harper did was bad. He did do good. Just needed to do a line change because he was tired and wouldn't get off the ice
