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Deficit paranoia is mind-bogglingly stupid

The hysterical response to the news that the Federal budget deficit might increase to as much as $30bn next year left us shaking our heads in dismay. Canadian economists are still stuck in the Paul Martin inspired 1990s mind-set that any deficit is a national disaster waiting to happen.

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