“I want the Secretary of State for Seniors to brag about how much the government helps seniors. Say everything we do for seniors is great. Ignore whether programs actually work. Ignore whether they waste money. Just say they are good. I say nice things about seniors to make myself look good. Seniors should feel grateful and keep voting for us.”
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A debate about seniors. Members mostly talked about the great things they have personally done for seniors in their own ridings.
“I want to brag about how much money we throw at seniors programs. I ignore whether they actually work. I want you to be impressed by the big number I spent. You should feel grateful and keep voting for us. I am here to announce more spending you should be happy about.”