Can't wait to hear how the deficit is somehow Harper's fault
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Unfortunately, from discussing things with liberals/NDP supporters, it seems most people just think the cost is justified. "We had a pandemic so the government had to shutdown the economy and since the government shutdown the economy it's not fair to people out of work or businesses so the government had to pay them something. This is just the fair cost of a pandemic out of everyone's control."
The fact that the government didn't have to lockdown anything or force any businesses to do anything doesn't register with these people. The fact that the people subsidizing those who weren't working are those who were working and now it's the people working who will have their quality of life reduced to pay for a benefit they never received, doesn't cross any of their minds. They just don't care. Liberals/NDPers honestly, do not care about this at all. Until there are actually visible, easy to measure consequences, these people will continue to not care.
I doubt it. Many of the same people are the ones suggesting GDP is a poor measure of an economy and instead they'd say we're actually doing better in terms of quality of life because our people are happier. Money is just a made up number anyway.