"Fiscal Conservatives"

"When you look at the record of self-described fiscal conservatives, what you see is a long legacy of wild overspending and debt, typically corrected only when more moderate administrations take power, says David Swann, Leader of the Official Opposition. "As you'll see in the video, supposed fiscal conservatives like Premiers Getty and Stelmach and US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush created huge deficits."

"This video raises an important question: why should anyone believe that any politician who calls himself or herself a fiscal conservative will manage taxpayer dollars responsibly? History shows that the opposite is true," Swann says.

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News & Politics

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• Ed Stelmach
• Don Getty
• Official Opposition of Alberta
• Alberta Liberal Caucus
• Stephen Harper
• George W. Bush
• Ronald Reagan
• Brian Mulroney
• Danielle Smith
• Wildrose Alliance
• PC
• deficit

[6670skycat]

David Swann is a solid, mature, grounded, with integrity, inner strength, a good listener, has common sense, and knows the issues.The conservatives have shown no balance.When that happens, someone suffers.David Swann is the most sensible person of all the party leaders I have seen in Alberta.

We can't do worse and I believe with him we can do better.

[canucknorth]

Most people are not very well informed about politics. For example, they hear conservatives constantly ranting about spending and social programs and they assume conservatives spend less. In fact, conservative administrations have left huge deficits. In Canada, liberal governments have left surpluses in recent history anyway. I guess it's a case of "repeat something often enough and people will believe it".

[brokenpine284]

The liebral party of Alberta is a cabal of self-serving self-appointed elitists. Because they think they know better. No rational person in this province buys the propaganda that they spew.

Come to think about it, I could just as well be talking about the current government. This ad, and the PC's recent shallow swipes at the WRA are both a tell they know they are both going to be punished during the next general election.

[KMAN6000]

This is nonsense I am a fiscal conservative however I am a social liberal. I believe in balanced budgets, lower taxes, limited smaller government, more free open markets, small scale capitalism. I think sometimes fiscal conservatism is abandoned and stephen harper and george w. bush have done that.

[6670skycat]

you are right. Alberta Liberals and Federal are not one and the same

[TheElMoIsEviL]

Tommy Douglas proved the "fiscal conservatives" wrong by balancing the budget in his own province all the while offering the people far more services.

The Tax and Spend Liberal is a myth. Those who are "taxed" are generally the wealthiest while 95% of the rest of the population rarely get a tax hike under a more "liberal" government (usually it is "fiscal conservatives" who raise taxes on the working poor and middle class).

[TheElMoIsEviL]

Canucklug, Presidents have the power to VETO any legislation. Of course Congress can overside the VETO with a two-thirds majority in both houses of congress but the odds of that happening are next to none.

"fiscal conservatism" does not exist. Once in power, conservatives spend and their spending rarely helps "the people" in the form of social programs.

[mtanara]

Alberta Liberals have not been linked to the federal party in quite some time now...look into it.

[Canucklug]

That might have something to do with all those fiscal hawks who tried to bring down the government over it's lack of spending though.

Lets see a Harper majority :)

[Canucklug]

Sure Reagan would have restrained spending if their Congress and Senate had shared his views. Bush wasn't a fiscal conservative - read 'Compassionate Conservativism' which he wrote the foreward to. Clinton had a republican congress holding the pursestrings.

Mulroney was handed the double digit inflation and interest rates and a debt load whose interest payments were straining and turned it around. Chretien and Mulroney were great.

No denying that Harper's been growing the government.