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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
for the longest time I had thought that this was how the ideal Canadian government would work. as time goes on I've come to believe that these two things are oil and water and can't realistically exist together on a single platform.
socially progressive means taking care of people where needed, which means money must be spent. it's the type of funding that fiscal conservatives tend to fundamentally disagree with.
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If we redefine fiscal conservatives as having appropriate taxation in place to fund required expenditures and follow evidence based practices for setting tax rates and structures then the person could exist. An anti waste, pro competition to drive down cost type. Nenshi comes to mind as the most recent version of such fiscal views.
I think the issue is that fiscal conservative currently means cut taxes and privatize with no care for the balance sheet except to use as a bully pulpit.