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Originally posted by MarchHare@May 9 2005, 06:24 PM
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As to your question on the NDP, no, I wouldnt trust the NDP to run this country's finances. Mainly because I believe that the NDP and I have radically different beliefs on what "responsible spending" constitutes. The billions of dollars Prime Minister Layton ordered Martin to promise, is a good look at the difference. Personally, I believe that the only way the NDP would be likely to maintain a balanced budget would be to raise taxes to cover the spending required for the NDP's pet projects. And, as I have stated in the past, I trust me to run my finances a hell of a lot better than the government.
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That's precisely the point I was trying to make. The NDP platform tells us that they believe in balanced budgets and responsable spending, but you and I both know what a farce that is. They say those things because they know they won't get any votes if they don't.
Likewise, I don't trust that the Conservatives would only enact the policies they outline in their platform. Why should we trust their new, (slightly) more moderate platform given views that were publicly stated in the past by many party members, including Harper?
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I actually believe that the NDP would run balanced budgets. They are the only party that wouldn't be pushing major tax cuts. I'm actually more concerned about the Conservatives putting us back in the red largely because I've seen how the Conservatives have done it in the United States. I believe they will enact tax cuts, but they will then not change spending appropriately.