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Originally Posted by corporatejay
I don't even know what fiscally conservative is. I guess in its truest form Al Duerr was the most fiscally conservative mayor we had. Kept taxes low. Meanwhile, nothing got built and the city has been playing catch up for 20 years. Not sure that's a better solution. Nice things cost money.
The thing that concerns me the most about the NDP is the expansion of the public sector labour force. Those are expensive jobs with pensions that will cost us down the line. Not sure how the rest is a problem. She thought the Carbon tax would buy us social license (a commonly held view at the time) turns out we were all wrong, and that's not on Notley.
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Fiscal conservative is that you balance both sides of the ledger. If you want low taxes, you accompany that with low spending (like Al Duerr). If you want high spending, you accompany that with high taxes.
Modern conservatives just cut taxes without cutting spending. Modern Liberals raise spending without raising taxes. Both sides are total garbage.