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   Seahorses are horses (piss_ant@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:06:39 JST Seahorses are horses
   Can someone please explain to me why BC had to spend all of its $5B surplus and couldn't say, paid off debts, loaned it to the federal gov, planned to use it longer term on a public service?
   
   https://biv.com/article/2023/03/rob-shaw-bc-has-11-days-left-spend-all-its-unprecedented-surplus-it-likely-cant
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     Notgonnastop (notgonnastop@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:19:45 JST Notgonnastop

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     @Piss_Ant From the wording in the article, it appears it must be _spent_, not allocated, so it couldn't be used for longer term/future projects that wouldn't actually spend it before the last day of the fiscal year. It does say unspent funds at the end of the fiscal year by law then goes to pay down provincial debt.
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     Seahorses are horses (piss_ant@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:19:45 JST Seahorses are horses

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     @Notgonnastop Is it not beneficial to pay off provincial debt?
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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:24:30 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     @Piss_Ant @Notgonnastop It absolutely is. Saves on interest payments.
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     Seahorses are horses (piss_ant@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:26:10 JST Seahorses are horses

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     • Notgonnastop
     @Fullycaffeinated @Notgonnastop OK that's what I assumed lol. Silly billies.