If all opposition MPs vote against the budget, it will fail, triggering an election

The theme seems to be “reduce operating spending, increase capital spending”. We’ll see how that will blow over with the opposition.

  • patatas@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    Great ok so we at least agree that issuing currency is not the fiscal equivalent of drinking bleach, and that there are good and bad reasons to do it.

    • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      Dollars are not scarce items; the government can issue currency essentially at will.

      Edit: You CAN drink a small amount of bleach. Just like you CAN print money during a generational event.

      A small amount of bleach will burn a bit. A small amount of printing money caused inflation that we also haven’t seen in decades. It hurts families now but that’s the price we paid to help during covid.