Let's just all remember the actual economic facts as wel enter a season of political nuttiness shall we? I don't vote Liberal but I know that the Liberals slashed government spending unmercifully, the Liberals got control of the deficit and turned the debt around, the Liberals presided over a period of rare economic explosion in which Canada has seemingly distinguished itself from the US market in a new way. Their faults mean I won't likely vote for them but their strengths can't be hidden under boogiemanism - not to mention taking one's ball home from the schoolyard after the game has started.
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portland - October 25, 2006 10:44 am
can anybody name three conservative governments (small c) of relatively modern times whose legacy is not out of control deficit spending and debt? anybody? anybody? fucking conservatives.
gorthos - October 25, 2006 11:12 am
Now thats bizarre politickin
Flea - October 25, 2006 11:59 am
In answer to Portland's question: Margaret Thatcher probably qualifies as a conservative (small and big c variety). Her most consistent complaint directed toward the Reagan administration was its massive increase in the money supply and deficit spending. But as the difference in outcomes between Thatcher's monetarism and Reagan's Keynesianism should be obvious I am not convinced out of control deficit spending is always a bad idea. The trick is to do so in such a way that kick-starts the economy rather than gumming it up with stuff that has to be paid for later.
All of this said, I quite agree it is bizarre conservative governments/parties should have retained their reputation for fiscal rectitude. It is not deserved.
Alan - October 25, 2006 3:38 pm
I think Margaret used the North Sea oil as a means to claim fiscal prudence in the way that Alberta does. I think the better question is this:<blockquote class="smalltext"><i>Can anybody name one conservative governments (small c) of relatively modern times which does not have access to an embarrassment of natural resources whose legacy is not out of control deficit spending and debt?</i>