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That's funny - but our current PM Stephen Harper isn't exactly a towering paragon of liberty and justice. He also has much more direct power over how the countr
by ajlburke 14y ago
That's funny - but our current PM Stephen Harper isn't exactly a towering paragon of liberty and justice. He also has much more direct power over how the country works than Obama or Romney.
... although there's a great discussion to be had about free health care making it much easier to be a startup/entrepreneur/freelancer.
- Shivetya 14y agoHowever Canada has done what neither Democrats or Republicans are willing to do here, fix the budget. An article recently posted at the Washington Post; http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/canadas-fiscal-success-story/2012/10/28/4861723e-193a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/canadas-fiscal-succes... So while you take issue with your PM at least Canada is in a much better situation financially because all their sides worked together.
- ojbyrne 14y agoActually the US had a surplus during the time period (1995-98) mentioned in that article. Then the US elected a party determined to shrink government small enough to drown it in a bathtub. Canada is behind on that, but catching up fast.
- bryanlarsen 14y agoThere are two major differences between the fiscal policies of the Republican & Conservative parties: 1. Harper wants to cut both spending & taxes, and at the moment is concentrating on cutting the spending. That's probably so he can deliver his tax cuts just before the next election. OTOH Bush cut taxes and increased spending. 2. Harper cut defense spending in his last budget. Not that I'd ever vote for him, but at least he's behaving more rationally fiscally conservative than his American counterparts.