Share this Story: Adam Zivo: NDP platform promises a spending revolution with no credible plan to pay for itAdam Zivo: NDP platform promises a spending revolution with no credible plan to pay for it ’Just tax the rich’ may be a popular slogan, but the rich simply cannot by themselves fund what the NDP wants to do Photo by Jimmy Jeong / BloombergArticle content The NDP’s electoral platform envisions massive increases in public spending that would be paid for by higher taxes on the rich. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Try refreshing your browser, or Adam Zivo: NDP platform promises a spending revolution with no credible plan to pay for it Back to video Much of what the NDP promised would be popular with progressives, but money doesn’t fall from the sky. Appealing to the emotional satisfaction of taxing the opulences of the ultra-rich is understandable, but will that pay for the NDP platform? Nonetheless, there are good things in the NDP platform, which is strongest when it makes recommendations that don’t assume unlimited funds.

Source: National Post August 18, 2021 09:56 UTC