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Originally Posted by pepper24
To be fair though deficits started in 08-09 when the great recession started. Before that they had surplus's according to graph in the article.
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Yes, but the surpluses were shrinking before the recession - meaning that once you implement stimulus (which they didn't want to do, but they had a minority at the time and were forced) the deficits created are larger than otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well to be fair Trudeau's dreamy eyes seem to elicit random thoughts in his supporters. Like the NDP in Alberta part of me wants it to happen just so people can learn their lesson again to vote with their heads not out of anger.
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The thing you fail to realize is that's what's happening. Harper was elected out of anger towards the sponsorship scandal. Having control of a country without median voter support is an inherently unstable position, and now the spring is pulling back.