Canada

I despise Harper as much as anyone, but is this really a result of his awful policies or more so because he happened to be Prime Minister during the 2008 global economic crisis?

Let's not fall into the same trap as the "Fuck Trudeau" crowd, the PM isn't a supreme all-powerful overlord who has full control of the economy. They don't even have that much direct power over the Canadian economy, let alone global factors like the 2008 recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you told people the best way to pay off their debt was to cut their income and then try to cut some of their expenses, they'd laugh at you. Somehow Conservatives have been able to peddle that narrative for 40 years and, although they have never made it work, provincially or federally, they still have people believing them that the first thing to do is cut income (taxes). I voted for Harper the first time in hopes that maybe he had a different take being an "economist". Did not vote for him again.

Yeah I remember voting for Harper in my early twenties and then feeling so betrayed as I looked at all the “fiscally responsible” and “economist” rhetoric crumble when you look at the numbers and just shit in general around you. It’s still shocking to me how many people just ignored that and listened to conservative rhetoric and still think he was awesome. Like I’m a fucking idiot that was doing construction in Alberta and I could see it.

Would like to see trudueau jr on those as well now that he's out,, mostly to see how he compares to his dad