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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • there’s a big strategic hole in this article.

    The federal govt. spends first, taxes later. So spending isn’t constrained by taxes collected.

    The debt/deficit argument is ONLY used against social spending. When it comes to pro-capital spending, the argument vanishes. $40B for pipelines? $150B in military spending? $80B in annual subsidies to give big investors risk-free bonds to buy? These are also all deficit spending.

    Progessives should avoid reinforcing the debt/deficit spending myth, since it’s only used against progressive spending.



  • Sounds good to me. No point leaving a bunch of open senate seats for some future govt to fill.

    I look forward to Trudeau’s many non-partisan senators to blocking a future attempt by Poilievre to bypass the charter of rights using the notwithstanding clause federally. The senate would be right to reject that when conservatives try to advance attacks on whatever marginalized group they want blame for their own failings (probably transgendered people).

    The senate would be right to reject that.