Most Canadians want fiscal conservatism with a safety net, and social progressiveness. The liberals sit in the center and when they get their messaging right, they tick this big box. So they do win by default. I would personally love more progressive fiscal policies, but only if I trust who’s doing it not to tank the economy, and that’s a bit rare.
And that’s exactly the problem. “Fiscal conservatism”, which really just means slashing taxes on the most rich and leaving the rest of us out to dry, is incredibly irresponsible and has never worked. If anyone trusts Carney to run our economy then they should trust someone who is at least trying to give us progressive financial policies far more. Even if they fail, they aren’t the one actively chasing the option that is guaranteed to fall apart and that means there’s a far greater chance for success.
Besides, we throw around the word “trust” and “confidence a lot with almost zero evidence that the person we don’t trust isn’t capable of doing what they promise. Yes, I trust a grizzly bear to maul me to death if I voluntarily dress up in raw meat, but that’s precisely why I do not do that!
Well there’s different types of fiscal conservatism. People look for keeping government costs down. Taxes for everyone lower. Balance the budget. Invest in needed infrastructure. Invest in needed education and research . Reasonable taxes for the rich - not the scare them off but get them to pay their share. So, like, old school fiscal conservatism.
Ok, but except for the fact that you think high taxes on the rich will scare them off everything else isn’t “fiscal conservatism” and you’ll get it by voting further left, not right. So far, Carney’s government has fired tens of thousands of employees during a highly dangerous time to be unemployed in, removed environmental protections to allow oil and gas companies to attack our land without review, cut funding all over the place, and still found $8.8bil to give to developers as development fee cuts that the consumer will never see the benefit of. There’s no responsibility there, he’s just giving away all our money to rich people and screwing everyone else in the process.
Everyone who thinks he’s doing even a remotely good job is a fool. This isn’t hidden stuff, it’s all headlining even the CBC but you can find it all over.
Most Canadians want fiscal conservatism with a safety net, and social progressiveness. The liberals sit in the center and when they get their messaging right, they tick this big box. So they do win by default. I would personally love more progressive fiscal policies, but only if I trust who’s doing it not to tank the economy, and that’s a bit rare.
And that’s exactly the problem. “Fiscal conservatism”, which really just means slashing taxes on the most rich and leaving the rest of us out to dry, is incredibly irresponsible and has never worked. If anyone trusts Carney to run our economy then they should trust someone who is at least trying to give us progressive financial policies far more. Even if they fail, they aren’t the one actively chasing the option that is guaranteed to fall apart and that means there’s a far greater chance for success.
Besides, we throw around the word “trust” and “confidence a lot with almost zero evidence that the person we don’t trust isn’t capable of doing what they promise. Yes, I trust a grizzly bear to maul me to death if I voluntarily dress up in raw meat, but that’s precisely why I do not do that!
Well there’s different types of fiscal conservatism. People look for keeping government costs down. Taxes for everyone lower. Balance the budget. Invest in needed infrastructure. Invest in needed education and research . Reasonable taxes for the rich - not the scare them off but get them to pay their share. So, like, old school fiscal conservatism.
Ok, but except for the fact that you think high taxes on the rich will scare them off everything else isn’t “fiscal conservatism” and you’ll get it by voting further left, not right. So far, Carney’s government has fired tens of thousands of employees during a highly dangerous time to be unemployed in, removed environmental protections to allow oil and gas companies to attack our land without review, cut funding all over the place, and still found $8.8bil to give to developers as development fee cuts that the consumer will never see the benefit of. There’s no responsibility there, he’s just giving away all our money to rich people and screwing everyone else in the process.
Everyone who thinks he’s doing even a remotely good job is a fool. This isn’t hidden stuff, it’s all headlining even the CBC but you can find it all over.