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I don't support spending at any time. The fact is that it is politically impossible to cut spending with a minority government. Harper spent to maintain power. The deficit arose from revenue decreasing due to the recession. Budget 2012 is the first time we can truly see how fiscally conservative Harper is. Judging by his speech in Davos, I think we'll see some big cuts and big outrage from the opposition. Should be coming soon!!

My bad. Misread the chart. The point is that GDP decreased that year and government spending is sticky.

Root of the problem: too many people, not enough resources.

Makes sense. Why squirrel away for retirement when the government will do it for you?

Actually it was "squandered" by the global recession. I think you need to try my math exercise too!

My bad. FWIW I think that the bars should be eliminated completely as the deficit in dollar terms is irrelevant. The chart still doesn't show anything but that gdp dropped during a recession when Harper came to power. Surely you can't blame Harper for that. Have a go at my math exercise that I posted above.

Ok so the thread and article are about truancy and the collapse of parenting... why the sensationalist titles? Truancy and negligent parents are boring. I'll see you in another thread that isn't so boring.

Thank you for your "sacrifice" unions.

Oh you! You're so clever!

Try my exchange with Cybercoma which you butted into. Cyber: posts article, blames anomie. Me: lol it's all anomie's fault. Cyber: journalist also mentions anomie. Me: yes, not surprising as journalists tend to come from arts backgrounds. Can you keep up yet?

Sorry I don't have any lies and conspiracy theories to add to this thread for now. Besides, you're doing more than enough of that on your own!

hey? I did hey? I picked the 80s as per the OP hey? Then you hey, decided hey, that it was about video hey games, hey?

Nope. Read our exchange again.

Forgive me. I thought it was about the alcohol, drugs, and murder mentioned in the thread title. Mod can we get an edit to the title? Perhaps "...along with video games, negligent parenting, and kids wearing their hats backwards."

Really? I called it jobamie. I'm hoping hippies would constantly quote me in a couple hundred years.

Yes journalists tend to come from Arts backgrounds. Tell us something we don't know.

Hard to argue with a chart of lies. Are you disputing that GDP dropped from 1250B to close to 900B during the recent recession (during which Canadians gave Harper increasingly more votes)? Here's a math exercise for you: You have fixed expenditures of $200B, and tax receipts are approximately equal to 0.2x GDP. Your GDP is $1250. Now what is your tax revenue and budget deficit? Your GDP is $925. Now what is your tax revenue and budget deficit?

What does a chart showing the recent propensity of Canadians to elect conservative governments during economic downturns have to do with this thread? Furthermore, the deficit was not -10% of GDP in 2009-2010. Where do you find these charts? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/10/12/flaherty-fiscal-update.html Deficit = $55.6B http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cis-sic.nsf/eng/h_00013.html GDP = $925B Does -55/925 = -10% in hippyland? Furthermore, my own reference in the OP states the following: I don't know what to trust, the government of Canada figures, the TD economist figures, or waldo's random chart posted on MLW!!

From his own excerpt, the suicide rate spiked in the 80s. I thought we were talking about that, not the kids skipping school to play video games. Did durkheim make up a word for kids playing too many video games?

Sure. Welfare bad. Jobs good. Work keeps people busy and integrates them with society.

Delete duplicate.

Was this the same thread that referenced the fact that the finance minister has been closer to the correct numbers than the PBO? You just can't give any credit where it's due. It all must be lies and a conspiracy against you!

Well there you have it folks. It arises from anomie. Why? Because Emile Durkheim said so. Shut this thread down mods, Cyber's solved another mystery.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120127-711601.html For comparison, see this article from last year: http://invadecanada.us/news/2011/05/27/canadas-2010-2011-budget-deficit-narrows/ Coles notes: 2010-2011E deficit: $40.5B 2010-2011A deficit: $34.4B 2011-2012E deficit: $31.0B 2011-2012A deficit: $17.3B (after 8 months...analysts now forecast $27B) The deficit will be long gone by the time Harper is up for re-election. In fact, with the talk out of Ottawa being that cuts will be at least 5%, we may even see the deficit gone this FY!! All hail king Harper!!!!

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