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| Big Bird, "One of these things is not like the other" |
Les stated, "British Columbians really don't want more debt. I think at the end of the day they are going to choose the BC Liberal policies of balancing the budget, and keeping our spending under control."
He went on to say, "They (the NDP) would spend a lot more money, as government, than we have. Now it's not easy to keep your spending under control ... it's also extremely important to keep your spending under control ... that's what we've been doing."
BC Liberals say the budget over the next three years will be balanced, and yet the estimated Total Provincial Debt for 2013 / 14 will be $62,689 billion --- that will rise to $69,428 by 2015/ 16 (see official BC Fiscal and Debt Summary).
On the weekend I happened to have a chance to hear the opening remarks of Michael Campbell, from the program Money Talks. What he had to say really caught my attention.
Michael Campbell ("Money Talks" - April 6th, 2013)
"While it is our obligation to pay taxes, is there any obligation for governments to spend the money efficiently? We have a lot who don't think that's the case."
Now as I say, those words caught my attention. That's because while the BC Liberal government is forecasting a SURPLUS budget this year of $197 million dollars, we're NOT hearing a word from them about the fact our total provincial debt will be rising to $62,689 BILLION dollars!
That's keeping spending under control?
British Columbians must indeed be wondering about the so-called 'under control spending' brought up by John Les on Saturday afternoon, as well as these additional words he had to say:
