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Originally Posted by Gozer
Fair enough.
I'm of the opinion that the gov't should be a floor that encourages people to climb above it.
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As do I. Despite how my posts likely come off here I'm fairly far right fiscally...its just that my fiscal conservatism means that sometimes its a good thing for the government to go into debt. The problem is that the whole catch phrase of "fiscally conservative" means almost nothing anymore. Which party would define themselves as anything other than this, afterall? I think that it was CIBC Wood Gundy that was giving a passing grade to the NDP platform last election period (as in stating that it was fiscally sound and not endorsing the policies themselves). Few would take the position that they are fiscal conservatives!
The government should set a floor and protect the disadvantaged and weakest in our society. It should protect everyones rights and not only encourage growth, but encourage our best and brightest to be just that. In my eyes these two points are just important as the other. Because I don't believe that the WRA, or any party to the far right for that matter, can be trusted to uphold the public healthcare system, public education system or even remain within the Canada Pension Plan I couldn't consider them as my choice for government until that trust is earned. Blanket statements about fixing the system, lowering taxes and basically having the "obvious solution" that apparently everyone else involved is just too daft to see doesn't do that for me.