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Originally Posted by Dan02
It's interesting when you think about it. Analysts suggest the GST cut cost the government about 7 billion per percentage cut. At the debate the one thing the opposition partys were going on about during the economic portion was the 150 billion dollar debt the conservatives have rung up. Not cutting the GST would have covered the vast majority of that.
What bought them votes years ago could end up costing them this election.
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Its typical conservative pandering . Whether its in Canada or the states . You can allows count on any conservative government to run up the debt after coming into office with a surplus .