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Old 04-07-2009, 09:50 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Azure View Post
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?
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.
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