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Originally Posted by Slava
I know, I know, we've been over this. I say something that happened with the NDP and is literally just what took place. And the response is "But the UCP?!"
Let me ask you this, do you think that the NDP looks good on their own (fiscally), or it it just with the train wreck that follows? In other words, are they actually good fiscally, or good in comparison? To me those are two different arguments.
I'll say they look good against the UCP and not great when you look at them on their own. To ideological and stubborn to make the difficult decisions when it mattered.
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Yes, I think the NDP are just fine fiscally especially given the challenges they faced. When things got back to normal, look at the numbers. They did in fact make the tough decisions. They chose to recognize that they were in a very unusual circumstance and they made the hard decision to keep spending levels where they were, and look what happened, we didn't end up with massive cuts and after 4 years it all came out in the wash.
The UCP on the other hand, I see as actively bad fiscally.
They made an actively bad decision to put themselves in a position to have to choose to cut spending or borrow to cover operations, and they made the same decision the NDP made, to keep spending steady (actually the increased it).
You say the NDP couldn't make the hard decision. I say they did. You just don't like the choice they made on the matter.
I say the UCP made several dumb decisions, and were only bailed out by record resource revenue.
The NDP got unlucky and made hard choices to keep the province on it's feet.
The UCP made bad decisions that cut our feet out from under ourselves, and are only now out of that hole because they got INCREDIBLY LUCKY!
So do I think the NDP are good fiscally, or good compared to the UCP?
Yes. Yes I do.