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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
You've just spent three pages alleging that the Conservatives are every bit as left wing as the Liberals.
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No I did not. I've just spent the last three pages alleging that the Conservatives are every bit the
Revenue Hogs as the other parties. I never once said that they were at all left-wing... Burning public revenue does not in and of itself = Left or Right wing. The Tories burn through governemnt revenue just as much as the other guys but they burn through it on the things that Right-wingers like to burn it on.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
One of the larger dollar promises on the cons side is a loan guarantee to Atlantic Canada for their hydro power, can we really call a loan guarantee a spending promise?
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Since a loan guarantee is a promise by one party to assume the debt obligation of a borrower if that borrower defaults then in my mind yes
. It's better then a straight handout but the possibility of public expenditure on the project means that dollars need to be allocated towards the possibility until such time as the debt is paid by the principle party to the loan.