tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post4351144003745384929..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Cons: The Horror and the DesperationSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-50497079879156218462012-03-22T13:20:11.250-04:002012-03-22T13:20:11.250-04:00Counter attack: "When Flaherty was in charge ...Counter attack: "When Flaherty was in charge of the Ontario budget, homelessness skyrocketed by X%.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10829428141067410122012-03-22T00:31:23.711-04:002012-03-22T00:31:23.711-04:00hi thwap...I agree this Rae/Ontario nonsense has g...hi thwap...I agree this Rae/Ontario nonsense has gone on for too long. And as I told Way Way Up when you compare the depth of the recession, and the amount of money spent to get out of it, Rae loooks a lot better than those big spending Cons do...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13791997630077077822012-03-22T00:29:20.176-04:002012-03-22T00:29:20.176-04:00hi Way Way Up...I have to admit that historical ev...hi Way Way Up...I have to admit that historical event happened before I got interested in politics. But from what I've read Rae didn't create that recession, and when you compare his economic record to Harper's during this recession, he didn't do too badly...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-33146015934371326622012-03-21T08:57:40.938-04:002012-03-21T08:57:40.938-04:00The right-wing critique against Rae is complete bu...The right-wing critique against Rae is complete bullshit. Typical of their small-minded, hypocritical, stammering efforts.<br /><br />Rae was faced with a major recession, deliberately caused by the Bank of Canada (and then Alan Greenspan dragged the USA and the rest of the world into his own recession).<br /><br />On top of this, Rae had to contend with the downloading of service spending obligations of the Chretien-Martin Liberals from 1993-95.<br /><br />There's no way that sane, honest people could talk about Rae's deficits without also criticizing Harris-Flaherty for their deficits. Look at <a href="http://www.ofina.on.ca/borrowing_debt/borrowhistory.htm" rel="nofollow">this chart</a> and see if you can point to the precipitous drop in debt to GDP in Ontario following the supposedly profligate NDP socialists.<br /><br />This stupid, shit-for-brains attack ad, believed only by shit-for-brains hypocrites, is a sign of utter desperation. The shit-for-brains Conservative Party is hoping that there are enough yapping shit-for-brains "conservatives" to make enough noise to distract everyone from their criminal electoral fraud.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68578581029327244182012-03-20T22:50:08.363-04:002012-03-20T22:50:08.363-04:00Rae's days in Ontario were dark days indeed as...Rae's days in Ontario were dark days indeed as they nearly killed my parents' small business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com