@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 11yrs agoActive 5hrs ago

Should the government make cuts to public spending in order to reduce the national debt?

The Liberals' inaugural budget contains a $29.4-billion deficit for 2016 which is 10.2% of government spending. Proponents of spending argue that it is a great time for the government is going to borrow money, since interest rates are at 50 year lows. Opponents argue that the spending could get out of control and the debt could easily reach $100 billion a year by 2020.

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Response rates from 2.2k Hamilton Mountain voters.

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Yes
50%
No
44%
Yes
34%
No
5%
Yes, but by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials
4%
No, increase taxes on the wealthy instead
0%
Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional
4%
No, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead
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Yes, and increase taxes
3%
No, focus on ending tax evasion instead
2%
No, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy
2%
No, reduce military spending instead
1%
No, reduce the number of government officials instead

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 @9HXZTXMfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

Yes cut spending on certain things like salaries of government officials and increase taxes on large corporations

 @9JWW84Qfrom Alberta  answered…1yr1Y

No, they should reduce spending over seas supporting other countries as well as make the wages of government officials reflective of the outcomes they produce. Have a base salary, then bonuses based on how well the economy is running. Earn your wage!

 @9FL7SJ9from Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

I believe they should make cuts to public spending deemed unnecessary by the people and work more on ensuring the national debt is reduced safely without harming the country's economy and its people.

 @B3KFQF6from British Columbia  answered…5hrs5H

It depends on what public spending is being cut. For example, healthcare should not be cut; however, the pensions of government officials could be cut.

 @B3HTCDYfrom British Columbia  answered…2 days2D

Tax the rich higher and do not permit hiding income or diverting income. And stop spending so much if you do not spend you budget roll it over to the next year. Do not force the budgets be spent so they can get the same budget the next year

 @B3HBCXLfrom Ontario  answered…3 days3D

defund the police so more organizations that are in place to help the community can have a further reach

 @B3GF484from Ontario  answered…4 days4D

Reduce the number of government officials and increase taxes for corporations and tax the wealthy more and end tax evasions.

 @B3FQ8ZYfrom Ontario  answered…4 days4D

Cut the public spending can have devastating consequences. I would prefer that we review all our expenditures and eliminate the ones that are unnecessary and moving forward when we do spend money ensure that we are paying a fair price for the job instead of constantly overpaying and then going over budget With delays

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Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

For months, immigration advocates have been planning for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, their worst fears have arrived.Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, analyzing Trump’s proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid for immigrants and asylum seekers. They responded to Trump’s victory with alarm and vowed to put up a fight, setting the stage for four more years of contentious court battles with his administration.Some are already preparing to push current leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to stymie the incoming Trump team, particularly on immigrant detention and the use of AI in enforcement.“We should expect to see the devastation of immigrant communities all over the country. We should expect to see family separation,” said Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center. “It is entirely possible that he will try to use the military to carry out deportations, so that means that Americans all over the country will see the military engaging in enforcement against civilian populations, which is horrifying.”Trump, after winning a historic victory on a platform of turbo-charged immigration enforcement, has said he will conduct mass deportations at a scale never before seen. Immigrant advocates have warned this would be expensive and inhumane, separating families and wrecking communities. The president-elect has also vowed to build huge detention camps, hire thousands more border agents, funnel military spending toward border security and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without court hearings.He has also said he would end “catch-and-release” — allowing migrants to remain free, often with monitoring, while they await immigration court hearings — and restore a policy from his first term requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. And he has dodged questions about whether he would try to bring back family separation.

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