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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I know this won't be a popular opinion on this site, but the Chretien and Martin Liberals fit the balance of fiscal restaint while being socially progressive. They balanced the budget and gave us record surplusses for the better part of a decade while at the same time reducing personal and corporate taxes, all while having a progressive social agenda.
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Yeah except you forgot to mention that they balanced the budget by axing provincial transfers and when you factor in EI premium and CPP increases and bracket creep that was allowed to increase for a significant period in their reign there were no personal tax savings. Then when times got good they jacked spending up year after year and purposely under budgeted to show a large surplus to which they then showered on selective causes without contributing more to pay down the debt.