Ryan Bridge: We need economic headroom
I've seen a lot of commentary in the past few days about our government debt position.
We're up over 40% of GDP. That's doubled on pre-covid.
There are those on the left who say that's too little. We should borrow more. Forget a debt ceiling, borrow more and throw it at the public service and create some jobs. Any jobs.
This is what Carney is doing Canada.
His budget would double Ottawa's debt to 80-odd billion.
They've got Trump tariffs and weak domestic demand.
So, he's getting out the deficit and trying to revive it.
Make no mistake, if a Labour-led government were to get in. That is the…
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