Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Liberal, Conservative, NDP…We’ll Cut All Your Taxes

I get a kick out of the elections when I hear promises for tax cuts. Every politician that ever existed must have used the “tax cut” line multiple times. About a week ago The Globe and Mail summed it up perfectly: “Paul Martin and Stephen Harper were fighting Saturday over who would cut the most taxes as the Liberal leader charged the Conservatives would actually raise taxes by scrapping personal income-tax cuts that are already in effect. NDP leader Jack Layton meanwhile, vowed to fight to keep Martin's tax cuts because they help low-income earners.”

I Just like to sit there and count how many times a week I hear those precious words. Then you have the powerful rebuttal that 66 Economists deplore tax cuts. "Sixty-six economists have signed a statement warning that the tax breaks offered by the major parties will leave a huge deficit in social services and contribute to greater inequality in Canada."

Now please don't take these articles at face value for all we know those 66 economists were paid off or just saying they were real money people. As the previous post states anyone can pull something out of the air and call it truth. Do your homework and base your choices on truth rather than a swift talking politician or witty media guy.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i seldom pay attn to Canada election.
that is a fresh article for me.

Riginia

MK.Riginia said...

no, in fact, any elections!
i m just not interested in politics/gov.