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May 26th, 2005

I’m part of the Conservative Party Platform?

Call it a coincidence if you like, but I have just received the new Reform Conservative Party of Canada platform from my member of Parliament, and right there emblazoned under the Fiscal Policy is none other than:

For those of you new to this rant blog, one of my first postings was that the Income Tax system penalizes single income families in Canada (click here for the first posting about that). Now the Conservatives are adding it to their platform? Do I get some payback here? I could do some blogging for Canada and charge the Government say $2M (Cdn)? I could write some blogs about fiscal responsibility and Debt Reduction in Government for $1M?No? Man, just like me, give away my good ideas for nothing. –C8J

“A Conservative Government will create tax fairness for families by eliminating inequities between single and dual income families…”

5 Responses to “I’m part of the Conservative Party Platform?”

Canadian Capitalist Says:
May 26th, 2005 at 3:10 pm

The conservative party does have some nice ideas like creating Roth IRA-like retirement accounts in Canada (which would be a great savings vehicle for low-income families). The problem I have with them these days is they are not fiscally conservative any more. Take the last budget, which increased spending from $180B to $230B (I think). These guys first supported it saying it is a conservative budget. If this budget was conservative, I’d hate to ever see a liberal budget. But, when the NDP made a deal to add an extra $4B in spending (which is less than 10% of spending increase), these guys called it the “deal with the devil”.
Big Cajun Man Says:
May 27th, 2005 at 4:29 am

Fiscal conservatism does not exist in Canada right now (except maybe in Alberta). At least we are not running deficits, but I am always curious to know how long it will take to pay off the national DEBT!

–c8j
Anonymous Says:
May 28th, 2005 at 5:50 am

You need to move to the USA. Incomes are combined for married couples, mortgages are deductible, kids are deductible, giving old clothes is deductible, and the mileage for driving to the Goodwill to give away the clothes is deductible. You do have to deal with right-wing-religious-fanatics in office right now, but who cares, we have guns!
JBG Says:
June 1st, 2005 at 4:11 pm

Oh man oh man the latest in the government just makes me so mad.. I can’t believe the liberals even exist after the ad scam blowout.. Tsk Tsk scary harper is going to eat you and your children..

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