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Originally Posted by Regorium
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.
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Both sides, many sides.
Every center-left political party on Canada raises taxes upon gaining power to pay for their programs, or more recently, to get their respective province out of deficit spending.
"Fiscal conservative" as a label hasn't carried any weight in 25-30 years.