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{"id":3803,"date":"2019-05-21T03:48:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2019-05-21T04:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T11:26:44","slug":"conservative-governments-cant-balance-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2019\/05\/21\/conservative-governments-cant-balance-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative governments can\u2019t balance budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Don\u2019t believe conservatives when they tell you that Justin Trudeau is piling debt onto Canadians. I mean, he is, but not in the way conservatives make it seem. 75% of Canada\u2019s 2017\u201318 debt was created by only 2 prime minsters: Mulroney & Harper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservatives find hatred for debt easier to swallow when it\u2019s The Left who is creating the debt. Because it fits into their spiel that \u201cthe problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people\u2019s money\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when conservative governments create most of the debt, conservative voters just ignore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative voters ignore the fact that conservative governments have no idea how to balance a budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative voters ignore the fact that it\u2019s impossible for conservative governments to balance a budget when they promise to lower taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative voters ignore the fact that when they want conservative governments to run the country like a business, it just means taking out massive loans and hope you can turn a profit before the bank demands it paid in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative governments manage the budget like the homeowner who racks up their credit cards, and when they\u2019re all used up, takes their most expensive possessions to the pawn shop to hawk them, then says they\u2019ve balanced their household budget because they got a wad of cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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