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Originally Posted by Azure
So they up tobacco and liquor taxes and they still can't balance the budget?
Instead of 'projecting' a possible surplus 3-4 years down the road, why not cut $4.7 billion in funding until the price of oil goes back up again, and then increase spending a bit more?
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So... no Keynesian economics for you, eh? Government spending should be doing the opposite of consumer spending. That's why you need to run big surpluses when things are going well.