Green Party insights: It's the Economy, Stupid

I have never liked that emblematic slogan of the Clinton War Room. I have a visceral dislike for calling anyone "stupid." (No doubt something to do with having a mother who believed in lady-like behaviour.)

That said, those words have been running through my head like the Boston Marathon since 27 November 2008 and the Harper Government's Financial Update. As has been well-canvassed, the statement sent out the wrong message -- austerity, restraint. Batten down the hatches and stay out of the shops all decorated and over-loaded with holiday inventory. It invented a 5-year surplus that nobody believed.

Cooking the books is a popular description of Mr. Flaherty's accounting. In order to get to a tiny surplus, he has counted as money in the bank the sale of unspecified federal assets. In a surprising...

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