Editorial: 'Campaign must not become just a bidding war for votes'
Not a full week into the campaign and the millions morph to billions in the blizzard of election confetti blowing about our ears.
The taxpayer can clean it all up later on. On the other hand, it might be remembered how major economic policies which in retrospect are justified on the basis of 'well, it seemed like a good idea at the time' have haunting legacies.
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