tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post7132439927614239475..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: A deficit? Oh, noez!11!!1!1!1CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-32234805046993768422009-10-20T01:46:42.446-04:002009-10-20T01:46:42.446-04:00@syncrodox and prairie dog:
If we hadn't been...@syncrodox and prairie dog:<br /><br />If we hadn't been kneecapped by showboat tax cuts that were both uneccesary and predictably disastrous in the face of a recession that Steve Harper denied was happening, we wouldn't yet be in a deficit position, even WITH the stimulus spending.<br /><br />A supposed economist managed to take the country from surplus to deficit even BEFORE the recession he claimed was not happening (although every actual, y'know, economist did) and ere the stimulus was ever thought of.<br /><br />You'll forgive me if I am not persuaded that "a Lib gov't would have done it as well."<br /><br />They'd have been working from a surplus, for starters.Metrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338677991161252796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-2797794128175762602009-10-18T04:45:03.034-04:002009-10-18T04:45:03.034-04:00Libs scream, it's a recession, we need more sp...Libs scream, it's a recession, we need more spending to get us out(nothing new here)...and with reluctance the government sides with most of the world players and goes into debt. Get it, this was decided mutually by the main economic powerhouses to go that route, a Lib gov't would have done it as well, and probably spent more...so quit being obtuse.prairie doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508375089079432730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-47512371763206843792009-10-18T02:23:34.589-04:002009-10-18T02:23:34.589-04:00So am I to assume that spend it harder and faster ...So am I to assume that spend it harder and faster is no longer the mantra?<br /><br />What about the artists?<br /><br />Syncrosyncrodoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473390802320989815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-25401589565439409352009-10-17T23:30:18.270-04:002009-10-17T23:30:18.270-04:00Yeah, lucky for us that Harper's an economist....Yeah, lucky for us that Harper's an <i>economist.</i>Frank Frinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727863730658037306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-25689396737285586642009-10-17T20:23:45.768-04:002009-10-17T20:23:45.768-04:00Sorry, I just can't be sophisticated about thi...Sorry, I just can't be sophisticated about this. Stephen Harper: shitsack.Chasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02361127393689761544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-26849508817800502572009-10-17T17:42:36.147-04:002009-10-17T17:42:36.147-04:00Since the goal of the far right Conservative movem...Since the goal of the far right Conservative movement which is now the government of Canada has been to destroy the country as we know it, I'd say Stephen Harper has succeeded beyond his wildest expectations.sooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259420303500863081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-42904594000456555762009-10-17T16:52:49.706-04:002009-10-17T16:52:49.706-04:00There are plenty of serious bloggers around, writi...There are plenty of serious bloggers around, writing serious posts. There aren't nearly enough attacking the wingnuts relentlessly for their criminal idiocy.<br /><br />Not that it matters, one way or the other. The rest of us have known for almost a year that Harper was already running a structural deficit and was lying about it. That, apparently, has only made him more popular.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-63547350153222355582009-10-17T15:51:47.269-04:002009-10-17T15:51:47.269-04:00Oops, meant to say "too often (in my opinion)...Oops, meant to say "too often (in my opinion) you prefer to engage in attacks on cranially-challenged sophomoric Tory idiots who do NOT warrant attention" - Sorry- its hard to post from MB NDP convention!Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-28194575249220110552009-10-17T15:49:55.291-04:002009-10-17T15:49:55.291-04:00CC,
A general critic of this blog, I have to admi...CC,<br /><br />A general critic of this blog, I have to admit this is a quality post. It really is too bad that such posts are so rare. My sense, (wrongly?/rightly?) is that are unwilling to sustain this kind of analysis... too often (in my opinion) you prefer to engage in attacks on cranially-challenged sophomoric Tory idiots who do warrant attention. That being said, I hope you keep these kind of posts coming, as this kind of 'on-point' focus is sorely missing in the blogosphere.Scott MacNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068618008170891557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-88397727477560316652009-10-17T14:35:16.290-04:002009-10-17T14:35:16.290-04:00Stephen Harper, thief.Stephen Harper, thief.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.com