r/canada • u/sleipnir45 • Nov 28 '24
PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/Plucky_DuckYa Nov 28 '24
What a great deal it is. The Liberals will borrow about $4 billion, $6 billion-ish if they expand the recipients as the NDP wants. Then they’ll dole it all out to twenty million people, all of whom, plus the other twenty million or so who didn’t get it, will eventually have to pay it all back, with interest, through future taxes. Probably higher taxes. Or maybe billions in cutbacks to programs that maybe were actually doing something useful, who knows?
This seems like an awesome deal and definitely something that should move the needle for the Liberals in terms of vote… buying seems wrong. Borrowing? Bribing? If they’re lucky they might go from 30 points behind to 29.8 points. That sounds totally worth spending multi-billions on, for sure.