what happened to a conservative budget?


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what is this guy's deal with the thumbs up anyway? google image search it and there's plenty of it going around.

now if this guy was as effective at managing the economy as he was giving the thumbs up, this government wouldn't find the mess it is in today.

there's nothing new in today's announcement that has not been known for the past week. surely, the government succeeded on budget day to diffuse the fact the deficit will amount to $64 billion over the next two years.

even the national post--beacon of the conservative party--is betrayed by the government's turn on principled policy position to a process-driven electoral machine concerned with living through another election. does harper endorse anything that he layed out in the budget? if his academic and past experience is any indication, he's attitude towards his own position is lukewarm at best.

the post is skeptical the budget's main concerned is not economic recovery but political survival. as evidenced by the government's generous $160 million aimed to appease quebec after the firestorm of criticism following last year's $45 million cuts. even money for ontario's economic development agency.

while there is little doubt the budget will not pass, it is not necessarily clear whether mr. harper position is secured within his own party. huburis is a bitch.


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