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RedHot25 · 03-19-2007, 10:17 AM

Overall, I think in all honesty you are seeing a "balancing out" of priorities in a sense for the general public. For a long time now - think 20 years (mid/late '80s to now) - tackling the deficit/debt were the HUGE UTMOST priorities. That and cutting taxes, eliminating taxes, etc were the norm...to various extents but it happened across the country, and the world. To me, this opinion poll demonstrates that yes that is still important (if you add the "economic options" - i.e. tax cuts or debt reduction - you are looking at support in the 30%s), however....I just think its a bit of a natural swing back. Economics has been front and centre for a long time to the average Canadian, so I think that a lot of people now are saying: "well, yes we did cut back on a lot of things...and we are still watching things...and we like tax cuts, but only to an extent....what about that social program over there? My parents are getting near retirement, what type of supports are there for them? What about this service for me? etc".

03-19-2007, 10:17 AM	#5
RedHot25 Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere Exp:	Overall, I think in all honesty you are seeing a "balancing out" of priorities in a sense for the general public. For a long time now - think 20 years (mid/late '80s to now) - tackling the deficit/debt were the HUGE UTMOST priorities. That and cutting taxes, eliminating taxes, etc were the norm...to various extents but it happened across the country, and the world. To me, this opinion poll demonstrates that yes that is still important (if you add the "economic options" - i.e. tax cuts or debt reduction - you are looking at support in the 30%s), however....I just think its a bit of a natural swing back. Economics has been front and centre for a long time to the average Canadian, so I think that a lot of people now are saying: "well, yes we did cut back on a lot of things...and we are still watching things...and we like tax cuts, but only to an extent....what about that social program over there? My parents are getting near retirement, what type of supports are there for them? What about this service for me? etc". Last edited by RedHot25; 03-19-2007 at 10:27 AM.