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Monday, January 12, 2009
Help Me, I'm An Economist
I will admit that the first time I heard the "ask two, get three answers" joke it was economists being referred to. But what's with Stephen Harper, the great economist and strategist suddenly asking for help. From anyone who will listen. And if you're Michael Ignatieff and suggest that it's the government's job to come up with a budget and an opposition's job to critique it then you get slammed for not helping. Or if you're the NDP and actually show up for the meeting you're ignored. The Bloc, one expects, are not invited to the party. So basically we have "No thanks, I can do it myself" to "Please help me" to "If you didn't help me it's all your fault." Remember that kid in grade school?
The kid who never did anything and always blamed someone else. The kid you wonder about years later in the "man, I wondered what happened to him when the real world hit" sort of way. That's Stephen Harper this month. Wonder who he'll be next month. Suppose that will depend on whether or not he manages to come up with a budget that people can live with.