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The US is headed in the same fiscal direction as Canada

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Lincoln:
We were once like you. Low taxes, strong military.

George Bush is making a huge mistake, and from experience in Canada you'll all pay for it. Let's start with what happened in Canada.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's 17th Prime Minister decided to spend money. Lots of money. But, he didn't raise taxes. Much like George Bush now. Because of his refusal to raise taxes, after his term was up Canada was left with a 300 billion dollar debt. Then, we had a repeat. Brian Mulroney thought he could do the same thing, spend lots of money and not raise taxes. Seems popular with voters, don't raise their taxes. After his term, 550 billion dollars.

I'll be paying off that debt until the day I die, and it'll still be there.

America appears to be headed in that same direction.

Then again, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

*Jamal*:

--- Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 11, 2004, 06:18:01 PM --- I could be wrong.

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You usually are.

Shallow:
I wonder what would've happened if Douglas beat Trudeau. Could Douglas have balanced the national budget like he did Sakatchewan's?

Lincoln:

--- Quote from: *Jamal* on November 11, 2004, 07:08:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lincoln The Mental Traveller on November 11, 2004, 06:18:01 PM --- I could be wrong.

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You usually are.

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You think so? Strangely enough, I usually tend to agree with you if that says anything.

Lincoln:

--- Quote from: Shallow on November 11, 2004, 07:18:24 PM ---I wonder what would've happened if Douglas beat Trudeau. Could Douglas have balanced the national budget like he did Sakatchewan's?

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Most likely. Joe Clark had the oppurtunity to do it, sitting right there in the House Of Commons, but the NDP had to fuck it up. So many chances to balance things out......

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