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Originally Posted by Locke
Theres too much idealism running rampant while ignoring realism. Where is all of this deficit spending going to come from? Who is paying this nice, juicy bill when it gets served up? No one knows and moreover no one seems to care.
Is there any Province in this country thats afloat? That has even a balanced budget?
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I'm not even sure it's idealism. We are facing massive, apparently intractable public finance deficits in an era of stagnating economies and relentless demographic atrophy. The math is terrifying. So people ignore the math, either because they're innumerate (which covers most voters) or because they'd simply prefer not to think about how this stuff will look more than about five years out.
Our public finances are basically a mini-van careening down a rutted mountain road at night with no headlights, while the passengers and driver argue over which radio station to listen to.