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  1. angrypenguin
    Yep. I would as well.
  2. angrypenguin
    Agreed. Last election in 2011, I remember reading the Liberals/NDP cry foul over how the Cons got a majority but they didn't get majority vote. I remember facepalming. People need to understand how our voting system works.
  3. angrypenguin
    LOL. Thanks for the headsup. Anyways, today's news about how Canada's out of an official recession should be nice. Projecting what is it 2.5% growth this fiscal year? Excellent news for this country. I can't wait to see how the Libs/NDP spin it as bad news. (roll eyes)
  4. angrypenguin
    Yeah I joined yesterday. Starting to learn who's who around here :-)
  5. angrypenguin
    Really, about the NDP? You don't feel this way? He's promising the world for whoever will vote for him. I really, according to you, have to share why I feel this way? Color me confused.
  6. angrypenguin
    I agree, the polls will tell. My wife found Trudeau cocky, and his posture was not ok. (I'm a presenter by trade). He seemed arrogant, and the way he deflected was not professional. But I agree with you, we'll have to wait and see!
  7. angrypenguin
    Ok so let's say I'm screwed financially. I go to the bank, and I say I need $1 million. And then I realize that between a pay raise and other indicators I don't need to, you're telling me I should borrow the million $ anyways? Come on.
  8. angrypenguin
    One wants to run deficits for 3/4 years and won't guarantee a surplus in the 4th year, and the other will sell his soul to the devil so he can be the first NDP PM. Is this a serious question?
  9. angrypenguin
    Robbed deserving people? I'm sorry, but I disagree with you there. "Deserving people" screams entitlement to me. Plus, we're either in a surplus or we are not. We are in one, and I expect us to be in one again. Governments don't NEED to spend money on anyone.
  10. angrypenguin
    Run as an independent
  11. angrypenguin
    Agreed
  12. angrypenguin
    "But federal departments and agencies also chipped in by handing back an estimated $8.7 billion for different programs that had been requested — and in some cases publicly announced — by the government and approved by Parliament." Why is this an issue? If they didn't need to spend it, then that's great!
  13. angrypenguin
    Agreed.
  14. angrypenguin
    Agreed. I have voted NDP/Conservative/Liberal in my life, and I did so by voting for the party that aligns to my values the most. (Ok, before the Cons I voted for others that preceded them), but yeah, this vote splitting thing, really? People fought and died in world wars, and that's how people are voting? It's an insult. VOTE for the party that aligns to your values. For heavens sake.
  15. angrypenguin
    I believe in factual discussion, and realize that on this board, and others, many people, including myself, are passionate about politics. So pray tell, your allegation is that Harper earmarked a LOT of money on infrastructure but didn't spend it, do share. Please provide some data. And if that IS the case, good on him. That means he didn't need to spend it, so paying down the deficit that they took was the right thing to do. Canada returned to a surplus (which is a rounding error to be honest) quickly, so good on them for not wasting money in infrastructure. PS, even if that were true, Flaherty would have been the one that earmarked it.
  16. angrypenguin
    Yeah...think about the scandal $ there versus the Sponsorship Scandal or the Gas Plant Scandals. We're talking an ant versus an elephant here. Plus the NDP already got busted for stealing from the government, so if you're really trying to figure out which of the 3 major parties has cost the Taxpayers the least amount of money in a scandal, it'd be the Conservative party. As I've said here earlier today, the election is about picking the party that smells the least nasty.
  17. angrypenguin
    Precisely.
  18. angrypenguin
    I've heard this argument before. 2008 was an unprecedented event. All 3 parties (IIRC) wanted to spend money to get us out of it. Canada is the only country in the G7 in deficit? Really? Have you looked up the US federal deficit??? Plus, Trudeau is touting his party line. Let's spend more on infrastructure. Dude, really? The Conservatives have spent the most in Infrastructure projects than any other Federal government in the history of Canada, and Trudeau wants to triple that spend? Puhlease. Anyone who votes Liberal is a hypocrit. Trudeau has said that deficits are bad under Harper, yet he wants to run 3 years worth of deficits. And we don't need to at this point. There is no global recession crisis at this point. And when he uses that line in the debates about...."wouldn't you borrow when the rates are low?" - that screams idiocy to me. Micro and macro economics are two completely different topics.
  19. angrypenguin
    Huh?
  20. angrypenguin
    My company buys carbon offset credits. I fly for work. Too bad planet. Plus, I never said I was a green person, just that if you gave me a choice to be green or not, as long as it's not more expensive for me to be green, I'll do it. If not, then I won't be green.
  21. angrypenguin
    Yeah, that people who keep on saying things like..."Harper put all his eggs in the oil industry" are incorrect. Because, well, no, he didn't.
  22. angrypenguin
    Look at the rate of deficit reduction post 2008. Show me any government that can dig us out of deficits in one of the greatest global recessions in history. They invested hard and deep into the country, took out loans, and got us OUT of it (and got us out of it where many countries are STILL holding massive deficits because they can't get out of it) And now the Liberals want to plunge us back in? No freaking way. Not for this voter.
  23. angrypenguin
    I'm all for climate change, AS LONG AS you don't make life more expensive for me.
  24. angrypenguin
    Hell, the main reason I am voting Conservative is because of the economic record and the economy! Trudeau will sink us back into deficits, and I do not believe 1 iota from him about a surplus in Year 4. Mulcair is like a snake oil salesman. He's selling something to everyone and he promises to balance the budget. Yeah, right Devil I know and all. Plus, I hope people actually look at how quickly and how aggressively the Conservatives balanced their budget YoY since that massive spend in 2008. AND, last time I voted Liberal!
  25. angrypenguin
    The Greens are far more left.
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