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Originally Posted by flamefan74
Isn't that exactly what Trudeau is doing though? My cousin is littering Facebook with messages of "Vote Trudeau, he will get us a se lrt, while Harper sits around and does nothing". He was waffling between LPC and NDP. I think most people don't look at what something is going to cost, just how it benefits them. Like your example of the reno tax credit. However, what Trudeau and Mulcair are doing is the exact same as Harper. Just different ways of going about it. And it's all ridiculous.
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Well that's pretty much exactly what I said. It depends on what you support and how it affects you. You could say the infrastructure policy is a vote buy, but realistically, Trudeau is right when he says that downturns are the time to use deficit spending. The problem is it costs money, which CPC voters tend to not like. So he's obviously not attempting to buy votes from conservative people. As I mentioned, it's the opposite for things like reno credits, as that can benefit literally anyone that owns a home, whether you are left or right, so that IS an attempt to buy votes from people who maybe wouldn't otherwise support you, in my eyes anyways. Someone like your cousin obviously supports infrastructure investment, so they will be attracted to the party looking to do that.
I disagree that it's all ridiculous however. A lot of this stuff is just campaign promises that are rightfully in line with their party's historical stance, there's not much that s earth-shattering about any of it. What is defined as ridiculous, again, depends on your point of view.