Harper and Ford create economic crises, not solve them
Posted on May 29th, 2012 –
There are still people out there who believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that Stephen Harper and his greasy conservative cronies like Rob Ford are good for the economy — that they solve the economic messes left behind by their predecessors and, through tough budget cuts and austerity, will reverse the course of those freewheeling pinkos that left the holes under which we struggle.
Except it’s not true.
It’s not even close to true.
In fact, it’s the exact opposite of the truth — Harper and Ford directly caused the budgetary deficits they calculate today, either through deception or through massive amounts of irresponsible spending. Everything they accuse their opponents of doing is precisely what they themselves are doing. And they’re two-faced, deceptive assholes about it to boot.
In the case of Ford, his term started with a hefty $350 million surplus left over by David Miller. Oh, you didn’t know? Well, you wouldn’t if you bought into Ford’s lies and didn’t bother to read any news at the time. A year after taking office, Ford was running a $774 million deficit and blaming it on his predecessor. Ford’s administration has managed to cut the losses he created to yet another surplus totaling $90 million, and it’s expected to be about the same as that left by Miller when he left by the end of this year.
In other words, Ford’s “deficit” was a complete and utter lie he used to justify his ravenous cuts to city infrastructure and his attacks on unions and public services.
With the case of Harper, the situation is a bit worse. In the Prime Minister’s case, what started as a $12 billion surplus left over by a stingy Paul Martin has now been deflated to a $33.4 billion deficit last year. At present, that deficit is running at $23.5 billion and is expected to grow before year’s end. But just like Ford, Harper is using the crisis he created to cut jobs, services, and any semblance of what makes Canada great.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening here: both Ford and Harper directly, willfully, and purposefully created economic crises in order to push through their destructive agendas on the Canadian population; everything from social programs to old age benefits to employment.
These so-called “leaders” are straight up criminal scammers who won’t rest until they’ve subjugated the populace to the whims of their corporate masters (no doubt they, like banker crony Tony Blair, will benefit from their collusion).
The mega-banks that, through fractional reserve banking, create money out of thin air (this is no exaggeration), to lend out to governments who play ball, which in turn tax citizens and subject them to austerity in order to pay back these made up loans. Did you know that that same money could’ve been borrowed from the Bank of Canada at 0% interest? Seems sensible, then, to borrow that cash from banks at a much higher rate of interest while giving them the legal authority to lend out money they don’t even have (how else do you lend out $1000 when you only have $50?).
Doesn’t it?
Yet this is precisely the program that both Harper and Ford subscribe to, at one level or another.
See, if you and I started lending out money we didn’t have and then expected to be paid back — with interest — we would be jailed for fraud. When the Prime Minister and his buddies do it, it’s represented by their scumbag compatriots as just the best thing for Canada since sliced bread. Oh, and by the way, the taxpayer will be responsible for all debts by the Canadian government. And if you don’t like you debt bondage, it’s off to jail for you!
What a sick sick joke.
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May 30th, 2012 4:44 am
Get a real job waste of skin!
May 30th, 2012 10:42 am
The whole Harper fraud thing started when Little Petey MacKay proved beyond a shadow of a doubt his handshake was worthless. Thus, from the cadaver of Reform the Frankenstein of Conservative came to life. Shortly after anyone with half a lick of sense and a degree of respect for their own personal integrity jumped ship. Good people like Jim Prentice. The toadies hung in and got elected because the majority of Canadians actually think they voted for the “Progressive” Conservative Party -not the hicks-n-hayseeds of Reform. The difference between a Progressive Conservative of old and a Reformer is that a PC could be relied upon not to spontaeneously combust at the drop of a hat or the mention of Pierre Trudeau. Not so with the angry, angry, angry Reform crowd who arent just angry -they’re angry at all the wrong things for all the wrong reasons.
As for Rob Ford, well, what can I say? The man needs help. And not just with his weight either….