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[Sandy]

I thought foriegn temporary workers were the best thing for the economy.  At least for some peoples economy.


Christie does miners.

best one so far 

[Dennis.t]

If BC wants the economy to go downhill vote NDP, if they want a better economy keep the Libs in. They have made mistakes but like it or not they are downright the best choice for our economy.

What economy? We dont have one. Lol. Thanks Liberals.

[fyrslyer]

What economy? We dont have one. Lol. Thanks Liberals.

Watch what happens to the economy if NDP get in, things are rosy right now compared to what it could be.

[Fish Assassin]

No Damn Potential

[Dennis.t]

Like it or lump it! The NDP will win the next election. They cant do any worse then the Liberals have. The H.S.T was about as bad as it gets. Lol

[adriaticum]

Like it or lump it! The NDP will win the next election. They cant do any worse then the Liberals have. The H.S.T was about as bad as it gets. Lol

Oh yes they can. BC was once a have not province under NDP.

[chris gadsden]

Oh yes they can. BC was once a have not province under NDP.

A reminder, from last years Globe and Mail.

"Consider this: when the Liberals came into power in 2001, the provincial debt stood at $33.8-billion. In 2011, it was estimated to be $45.2-billion. And we know it is only going to keep growing between now and at least 2013, if not longer".

I rest my case.

[Fish Assassin]

"The socialists are at the gate"

  WAC Bennett

[adriaticum]

A reminder, from last years Globe and Mail.

"Consider this: when the Liberals came into power in 2001, the provincial debt stood at $33.8-billion. In 2011, it was estimated to be $45.2-billion. And we know it is only going to keep growing between now and at least 2013, if not longer".

I rest my case.

Chris,
during NDP the world economy was at it's peak (Bill Clinton era US prosperity)  and BC was a "have not" province.
Under Liberals, the world economy is down the tubes and BC is the top world economy.
But we can say the Glen Clark's NDP are not the same as Dix's NDP. There seems to be some improvement in NDP.
I'm not a Liberal supporter by any means but NDP was ousted major league because the couldn't manage the economy.

[absolon]

Oh yes they can. BC was once a have not province under NDP.

BC has been a have not province more than once under the Liberals receiving equalization for 2001/2002 and 2003/2004 (a total of 259 million), 2005/2006 (759 million) and 2006/2007 (459 million).

This was accomplished during a period of strong global economic growth and at the same time as they were driving the provincial debt roughly 33% higher than what it was when they took office.

[adriaticum]

BC has been a have not province more than once under the Liberals receiving equalization for 2001/2002 and 2003/2004 (a total of 259 million), 2005/2006 (759 million) and 2006/2007 (459 million).

This was accomplished during a period of strong global economic growth and at the same time as they were driving the provincial debt roughly 33% higher than what it was when they took office.

Yes it was hard to dig ourselves out of NDP trash.

[absolon]

Give me a break.............

[adriaticum]

Give me a break.............

No break.

Also people need to remember 33 billion debt under NDP from 10 years ago vs 45 currently is the same thing.
Economy and population has grown.

Both NDP and Liberals are spending way too much money.
NDP promises nothing other than spending more money we don't have.
Governments should never, ever go into debt.
Ever.

[absolon]

But services are cut way back, public assets have been transferred to the private sector for inadequate returns, tax burden has been transferred to the middle class, necessary infrastructure is crumbling and unnecessary infrastructure is flourishing....we've got nothing of real value to show for that increase in debt. Our economy isn't anywhere near the best in the world and our prospects are as poor as they have been in decades. Public trust in government has been destroyed and the current representatives of the party are incompetent and dishonest.

Trickle down  and supply side economics are fairy tales. There are times when it serves the economy and the residents of the province for government to use debt as a tool to manage and maintain the economy. The government needs to use borrowed money to support economic capacity in the economy during bad times and use the resulting increased revenues from the peak economic periods to pay down that debt rather than handing it out as tax breaks and royalty holidays to their supporters. It takes a particularly incompetent government to increase debt in the good times and require repetitive trips to the trough for further assistance to make ends meet.

We can't afford another Liberal term and we can't afford a proven incompetent leader like Clark at the helm.

[Fish Assassin]

We can't afford another Liberal term and we can't afford a proven incompetent leader like Clark at the helm.

Not much of an alternative.