Tuesday, September 30, 2008

budget summaries and rankings for each party

The accounted make-the-world-a-better-place budget summaries are:
#1) Green Party: $181.1B (corrected from $172B)
#2) Liberal Party: $44.8B
#3) NDP: $44.5B
#4) Bloc Quebecois: $15.0B
#5) Conservative Party: $7.9B
Of note, the environmental externalities were (pre-debt payment adjustment) $150B, $31B, $23B, $12B, $1B, for the above 5 parties. Take away this and the approximate pre-debt payment adjustment rankings are:
#1) Green Party: $22B
#2) NDP: $21B
#3) Liberals: $13B
#4) Conservatives: $7B
#5) Bloc: $3B
The Green Party's foreign aid expenditure was $7B higher than nearest competitor.
The Bloc had the highest mental health and affordable housing (anti-homelessness) expenditures at $5.5B, with Greens at $4.1B and NDP a respectable $2.6B.
Greens the only party for THC legalization.
Liberals R+D budget $4.2B, Conservatives $2.4B, and Bloc $1.4B.
Greens and NDP keep corporate taxes high; good while sindustries rule.
Greens would spend $6.6B on childcare, NDP close with $5.8B, and Liberals at $3.7B.