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Then you end up with the situation that JJ suggests above... nobody promises anything. All they do is mouth inspecific promises that can be interpreted in any number of ways.
I'd rather hear a candidate make a case for what they intend to do. If they then get into office and find that they can't do what they've originally wanted to do, I would like an explaination as to why they can't.
For example, a Prime Minister is elected on the promise that they will spend x on something but then once they are in power they find out that the budget or surplus they thought they had to play with is actually non-existent (out of the power you only know what the government tells you). They can still fund the project but go further into debt or they can say, "we are choosing to go against our promise for the betterment of the nation". We don't want to go further into debt.
This is responsible government. Making the difficult decsion in the face of reality.
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