This April Fool's Joke is on the Taxpayer

Harper is a walking contradiction. When you think "Conservative" you don't naturally think of a 'leader' who spends money that he doesn't have. But that's what he's urging countries to do globally: spend OUR money. In the UK, G-20 protesters took their frustration out on the Royal Bank of Scotland, smashing it's windows and condemning the greedy cash-grabbers, even as bankers waved money and taunted them from above.

You would think we would learn from history. Politicians argue that, were we to have injected enough money into the economy during the great depression of the 30's, we might have avoided it altogether but there has to be a limit somewhere. You can't save by "overacting" and overspending. Perhaps Harper knows that his indulgent decisions will be reflected in the years to come, not in the next quarter. By then he will be out of parliament anyway. It's precisely this thinking that has led our financial institutions to economic collapse in the first place.

Newsflash: Banks don't stimulate the economy!

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