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Title: Plan to force an election a 'return to normal': Rae
Category: Political
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-09-02 08:45:42
Canadian

[gonavy47]

Incompetant! Remember Rae Days? Bob's still an NDPer at heart. We don't like your approach to government Bob, you'd spend us into the poorhouse again. Thank God your with the Libtards now.

[SigPig]

$1:

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff pledged Wednesday to erase the projected $50-billion federal deficit if elected into government -- and to do so without raising taxes.

Isn't this deficit mostly due to the stimulus money that the Libs and NDP demanded, yet they claimed wasn't enough, nor was it flowing fast enough yet Canada still managed to make it out of the recession?

Funny how these things work isn't it?

[leewgrant]

$1:

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff pledged Wednesday to erase the projected $50-billion federal deficit if elected into government -- and to do so without raising taxes.

Isn't this the same guy who said earlier this year it WOULD be necessary to raise takes to balance the budget?

[Canadian_Mind]

I don't like the sounds of this. Only way to erase the 50 billion without raising taxes is greater cuts than the 90s. I think any sane person would support decreasing debt without raising taxes to the point that we aren't in a structural deficit, if nothing else.

I personally would like to see the GST raised back to 7%. That would be tens of billions extra right there, potentially reducing the deficit from 50 billion to 20-30 billion (and possbly putting us back in black in 2010-2011 fiscal year), with a return to 10 billion + surpluses not long after.

[ridenrain]

Bob wants an election because we're making a deficit, spending not enough stimulus money, fast enough. Soon chocolate rations will go down also.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Yeah well, considering the mess he left Ontario in, I'm more than a little trepidatious about Bob Rae's definition of "normal"