"Jefferson" is a song I wrote for my old band back in the early 1990s, as a response to what I saw as the erosion of responsible government during the Reagan / Thatcher / Bush / Mulroney years. Alas, it's just as relevant now in Canada, where my fellow citizens seem inclined to re-elect a government headed by a man who stood in front of the nation during Monday's English language debate and recited the old mantra of Reaganomics: "We can raise spending, cut taxes, and balance the budget."
It was a lie in the 1980s, and it's a lie when Stephen Harper says it now. Here's hoping that we move beyond the "fish tail minds" that Harper takes us for, and demand better.
Paul Kimball
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