Editor: The public debt of B.C. now exceeds $62 billion, and after 12 years in office the B.C. Liberals pretend to care about it if you actually believe Premier Christy Clark's dishonest and tawdry propaganda.
I vividly remember when the Liberals assailed the NDP for doubling the debt over their incompetent decade of rule, yet the Liberals chose to squander surpluses rather than slay the beast.
Clark is operating on the velleity of soaring natural gas prices. The taxes on the development of the commodity would be placed in a special account for the sole purpose of eliminating the debt.
What bunkum! That is akin to someone refusing to pay his bills until he wins the lottery. Continuing dreaming as you drown.
Meanwhile, the NDP has no intention of maintaining a balanced budget and there is no reference at all to the debt in their policy declaration.
Do the sycophantic candidates of both major parties in Delta South actually endorse this lunacy?
Austerity requires harsh decisions by all concerned interests. Public expenditures should be plummeting, not increasing every year.
The Liberals, the NDP, the unions and the assorted parasitic interest groups are free to live a lie. But the bill will arrive one day to shatter their false security, which we will all pay for.
Does anybody want to move to Greece?
Steven Austin
