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Originally Posted by Hakan
Layton sounded really hokey with his contrived phrases but I think he probably did the best at reaching out to the undecideds which is ultimately what these debates are about. He communicated at a layman's level about the inadequacies of the two other parties while presenting his party as clearly distinct and relevant. The moderator called him on shooting for second place which was the most poignant criticism he received all night.
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Last time there was an elecetion it was revealed at the last second that Layton and Martin were going to form a coalition government but the Conservatives won the last 3 seats the Liberal/NDP government would of needed in order to have a majority. I Think this debate really showed that Layton is more interested in just getting as many seats in the house and at the Conservatives expense.
After the debate CBC showed some stats from statisitics Canada which said that Harpers Tax Cuts were the best and would give low/middle/higher income earners the the best value.
I think one of the problems was that alot of the info provided durign the debate was way to confusing for someone who just started to follow the debate that night. Alot of the attacks and counter punches woudl of went right over teh majority of the voters heads. I wonder how many people even know what the fiscal imbalance is? Fiscal imbalance is the major reason the Liberal gov has had surplus after surplus. After cutting so much money to the provinces and leaving us for starving on so many issues (medicare, Childcare, infastrucutre) that the liberals could not have a surplus b/c its the money that should of been going to the provinces in the first place. Its just a slick trick to fool voters who dont keep up closly with politics. They took everythign away for teh provinces and then at election give it back and say "see we are giving theprovinces all the money they need for social programs" when in realitiy that money is just money that was taken away from us by teh Liberals to prop up ther gov. Its easy to take 43Billion out of health care and then put in 30billion and say we are the Champions of Healthcare and we are gonna save it form teh conservatives.
Now Im not saying that Canada's economy hasn't grown b/c obviously it has. Im just saying that its also being propped up by the tactics employed by the liberals. How can we have such a surplus in the federal gov but the discretionary income of the average family hasn't gone up in a decade? That imo is criminal that the country is so rich and people havent gotten richer alogn with it and on top of that have had to fight with inflation. We wonder people spend more now and save less. Well when your income doesn't grow but your expenses do you are forced to spend more in order to maintain your quality of life and family savings go down b/c of it.