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Originally Posted by Parallex
Taxes had to go up. Who was going to raise them?... WR? PCAA? Whatever mutant party Jason Kenney envisions? Yes, the timing isn't optimal but it was either do this needed thing now when it's possible but not optimal or try to wait until it's optimal but potentially not possible.
Spending has to come down as well (and like raising taxes right now is not the optimal time to do that) but to be frank I have no more faith in any other party then I do in the NDP to do that at the optimal time (that being when the economy has recovered).
Politicians generally make terrible economists.
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And I'd agree with you on the premise that taxes had to go up and spending has to come down.
This is where the criticism of the NDP stems:
They've done one. They've raised taxes, albeit in my opinion more than was prudent at this particular moment in time.
And then they've gone the opposite way on the other and started spending
more.
You see where this equation fails?