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To: Gulo who wrote (8880)3/17/2006 1:32:20 PM
From: Gulo  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 37825
 
Actually, the problem with defining the center of the economic political spectrum is not only that the center is left of where it once was, and that many people accept high taxation to be the norm. The real insidious problem is that, until recently, people seemed to be accepting that there should be annual increases in government interference in the economy. So the norm didn't just move to the left, the norm became to keep moving to the left. Any attempt to merely slow down the movement became "right wing".



To: Gulo who wrote (8880)3/17/2006 1:59:43 PM
From: fresc  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 37825
 
""Why else did the feds cut back on, for example, health care spending? Were they just being mean, or did they realize there would be dire consequences if they didn't?""

How about a $250b deficit from the Tory government and add another $250b from the Trudeau years.

Canada will always pay more tax than other Countries, just for the fact the size of this Country and the so few people that live with in.


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