And the Green vote .. why do people assume they would go NDP ?
On green issues, James and Gordo actually agree on most topics.
From us Liberal supporters,
By creating an economy and creating opportunity brings in revenue to pay for social services you cannot do the reverse.
Credited to the NDP:
Introduced 5 separate fiscal management plans - not one target outlined in those plans were met.
In nearly every category - deficits, debt management and spending - the NDP missed their promises, year after year.
Introduced 8 consecutive deficit budgets, including two "fudge-it" budgets.
Tax and spend policies reduced BC to “have-not” status
Doubled taxpayer supported debt in less than a decade.
Increasing debt resulted in $2.6 billion a year being spent on interest costs.
Debt-GDP ratio increased dramatically - by 20% in less than a decade.
Left a $3.8 billion structural deficit.
Countless missed budget forecasts and two “fudge-it” budgets.
After 8 consecutive deficit budgets, the NDP balanced budgets 2 times in a decade - once due to windfall energy returns from California's energy crisis and once due to accounting changes.
BC had the highest personal income tax rates in Canada.
Imposed $2 billion worth of new taxes on everything from personal to corporate income.
Fees, royalties and taxes had increased roughly 1.5 times faster than British Columbians’ pre-tax incomes.
In the 1992-1999 period, the government increased spending from $17.2 billion to $22.2 billion - over 30% increase. Spending increased faster than the ability to pay for programs.
NDP Finance Minister Paul Ramsey admitted they had made no provision for paying for all of the spending commitments they made in the run-up to the 2001 election. On Page 95 of the 2001 Budget Report: “Fully funding all these pressures would not be possible given the forecast increase in revenue."
In the 1992-1999 period, the government increased spending from $17.2 billion to $22.2 billion - over 30% increase. Spending increased faster than the ability to pay for programs.
NDP Finance Minister Paul Ramsey admitted they had made no provision for paying for all of the spending commitments they made in the run-up to the 2001 election. On Page 95 of the 2001 Budget Report: “Fully funding all these pressures would not be possible given the forecast increase in revenue."
