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Fiscal Responsibility

The Harper Gang is at it again. Remember the top scientist we left at home because we were being fiscally responsible? In a new display of the same sort of attention to detail, the Conservative Party decided to save money by getting their advertising printed at taxpayer expense. See here for the story.

Without a doubt, my favourite quote of the story was:

"We are correcting the situation with the statements that were mistakenly issued under (departmental) letterhead. This was an oversight on our part," said Ann Matejicka.

Oversight being the problem. Like the upcoming stimulus package spending spree they want to go on. Without any oversight to their spending. The one they are willing to plunge the country into another election over. And that's why they need the free advertising. Because this is as much about Stephen Harper daring Michael Ignatieff as it is about making sure it's his buddies who get the cheques. Stephen Harper knows that every obscene thing the Government passes weakens Michael Ignatieff in the eyes of Liberal voters. And that's something Stephen Harper doesn't have to worry about. He's already lost all but his most hard core conservative supporters, so his only road to power lies in forcing the Liberals into enough concessions that the Liberal voter base becomes annoyed. The Harper Gang will never rule through a majority of votes. Their only hope is in fracturing their opposition and alienating the electorate from the political system so that their 20% of the electorate is enough to stay in power.