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Originally Posted by belsarius
That teacher's aide will shop at the local store requiring them to hire staff. That staff pays taxes and shops and increases the need for more jobs. This has a cumulative effect that will help stimulate the economy. The difference between them or the construction worker is stimulus vs investment. Both together move the economy forward and have their place. The fact that a large chunk of the deficit is due to capital works shows the NDP understands this and is not just borrowing to keep the lights on.
Hiring an unsustainable amount of staff isn't going to work I agree, but I disagree that the teachers aide doesn't assist in the help of the economy.
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Didn't we check the numbers earlier in the thread and
that's not true at all.
The $11 billion deficit just for this year is indeed mostly "just borrowing to keep the lights on". Infrastructure spending is pretty much on the same pace as the last decade or so. It's just about 0.5 billion/year more, not new capital works in aggregate. Heck, you might pad it by include the PR spin of $2 billion over a few years in green capital spending coming from the additional carbon taxes coming.
EDIT: Wait, you even saw and thanked the post. ??
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...postcount=3943