[robbie111]

I think conservative strategists thought something like this

1. Bribe Canadians and post tonnes of ads congratulating yourselves on said bribes.

2. Build more jails than we know what to do with.

3. Run 8 straight deficits

4. profit



I'm a small c conservative who believes in balancing books. Why not invest the jail money into our military instead or infrastructure when the cost of borrowing is at record lows. Use some of that taxpayer ad money to create jobs. Also if you're giving tax breaks, give them to small business where the majority of employment creation occurs. It's sad when the most conservative thinking finance minister was Paul Martin in the 90's.