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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Canada and Deficits
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Date: Tue, 31-Jul-84 15:44:53 EDT
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J.B.Robinson correctly identifies the Liberals as the governing
party for most of the last 20 years, and equally correctly notes that
they never "blamed" the US for the good state of the Canadian economy
when both were doing well.  How many political parties would you expect
to say "The economy is great, but we are not responsible?"
         By innuendo, if not directly, he claims that a PC
(Progressive-Conservative, though the reason for "Progressive"
has long been lost in history) government would have reduced the deficit
and provided a better economic climate when Reagan sent the US economy
into a tailspin.
           I think the Liberals are bunch of opportunists, but
their main error was to steal too much of the PC program and ideas,
which was exactly the opposite to what needs to be done for the economy.
Uncritical spending restraint can itself deepen a government deficit,
just as much as injudicious overspending can.  In my view, poorly judged
restraint is just what we have had these last few years, and the
huge deficit is a natural result.
       The PC's are just as much a bunch of opportunists as the Liberals;
every time they lose one or two elections, they blame their leader
and get a new one who looks better on TV.  Joe Clark was probably the
best leader they have had since WWI, and it is only because of his
efforts that their present TV star has any chance of becoming Prime
Minister.  The only person who talks sense more than 10% of the time
in the present election is Ed Broadbent, but how many people don't
listen because "he's a Socialist"?
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Martin Taylor
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