Party spokesperson: The opposition party' s proposal to stimulate economic activity in the province by refunding $600 million in provincial taxes to taxpayers, who could be expected to spend the money, envisions an illusory benefit. Since the province' s budget is required to be in balance, either new taxes would be needed to make up the shortfall, in which case the purpose of the refund would be defeated, or else workers for the province would be dismissed. So either the province' s taxpayers or its workers, who are also residents of the province, will have the $600 million to spend, but there can be no resulting net increase in spending to stimulate the province' s economy. The spokesperson proceeds by ['seeking to show that the assumption that taxpayers would spend money that might be refunded to them is dubious', 'reinterpreting a term that is central to an opposing argument', 'arguing that a predicted advantage would be offset by an accompanying disadvantage', 'casting doubt on the motives of opponents']