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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
How would you have planned spending to recover from the world economic collapse of 2008 instead?
Under Harper, annual surplus/deficit:
2006 13.8B surplus
2007 9.6B surplus
2008 5.8B deficit
2009 55.6B deficit
2010 33.3B deficit
2011 26.2B deficit
2012 25.9B deficit
2013 18.9B deficit
2014 1.9B surplus
One can suggest the annual deficit should have been dropped faster/earlier, but let's not forget the infamous proroguing of parliament resulted from the opposition not supporting the budget because of spending cuts in the budget and kind of 'ruined' the 2011 budget. Since 2012, and again - some will say these fiscal deficits should have been cut sooner, they have followed their 2011 election platform of budget projections to eliminate the debt.
Im not sure that now is the time to dive back in debt.
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Honest question...Are you happy with what we have to show for deficit spending?
I feel like even though there were deficits run we don't have much to show for it, and I feel like a lot of important areas were cut back rather than increased.
The "well the Conservatives HAD to run deficits because of the world economic collapse" argument is all well and good, but for all the deficit spending I feel like we should have more to show for it.
To use your example about Trudeau and the credit card, I feel like the Conservatives maxed theirs out on a couple utility bills and then a bender in Vegas.