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Originally Posted by Corral
All of that to say, the fact the NDP ran a deficit is of no concern to me.
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None at all? It seems to me that no matter what your politics, it matters a great deal what the deficit was incurred
for.
I mean, even taking your point about Klein, it's not like the NDP got into office and said, "wow, we really need to borrow a bunch of money to catch up on infrastructure that's lagging behind", and went on to spend money to achieve that end. They were borrowing to cover
operating expenses. And that's leaving aside the $2.2 billion borrowed on behalf of the balancing pool to address a payable incurred through sheer incompetence.
It just doesn't seem to me to be a reasonable stance to take, unless you can explain why the source of these astronomical debt figures seems to you like good money to spend.