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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Ok, fair enough.
I am pretty sure those were both in the spring budget - which doesn't mean they weren't setting the table for a fall election - but aren't how I think about election spending. I meant more like Trudeau announce last week the $20B for transit spending (not that I'm against it at all) but I'll give you that.
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But is that not the opposite of vote buying? That will only please the people who are OK paying the increased taxes necessary to cover the costs, which by most accounts is not a lot of people.
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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
I think it is sound economics, up to a point.
The best line of the night from the debate was Trudeau's: 'Mr. Harper, you have run deficits in good years, run deficits in bad years. The only time you haven’t run deficits in is in election years.'
I was just answering the poster's question.
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Not really, as the vote buying is pretty subjective depending on what you are personally willing to pay for.