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Originally Posted by Daradon
people are still in the false mindset that left = tax and spend and right = balance budgets. This hasn't been the case for 40-50 years, not just provincially, but federally (The Chretian government reduced government and Harper increased it) and even in the States (Clinton balanced budgets, Bush spent more than anyone in the history of the nation, well before Obama I guess, though the wars were still from Bush)!
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While there were definately some fiscal policy anomalies from the parties like you pointed out, labeling still by and large works. Harper cut GST by 2% and corporate tax rate to 15%. And for the last term, Harper did reduce the size of the Fed government in an effort to balance the budget.