Very nice project.
Also...
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Originally Posted by EdwardTH
"Change the laws to suit their interests" - that, self-interest. He wants to slash taxes for him and his rich buddies. As far as I can tell that's the only reason any conservative politician leaves their day job to run.
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Originally Posted by optimusREIM
That is an incredibly cynical view of the world.
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Originally Posted by EdwardTH
haha, so what, you believe guys like Pallister and Doug Ford just really wanna "make a difference"?
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I think everyone should probably take 6 university credits worth of "learning how taking less money from citiizens helps the economy". It seems we need to double down on a basic lesson.
It's not about scamming money into rich people's pockets, it's about unscamming the money out of the government's pockets. You, whether rich or poor, earned it.
I'm obviously not an advocate of no tax... but less? Absolutely.
This province has been conditioned to think that we need the government like we need a loaded set of parents, and suddenly we're happy with our taxes.
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Originally Posted by michelleb
Another rich guy with daddy issues. Yeah, that tracks.
From PC acquaintances who know the Pallister family (and are pissed with him for refusing to communicate with anyone), his goals seem to be pretty straightforward. He's a small-government conservative who believes gov't shouldn't "interfere" (which is why he refuses to communicate with even his own colleagues and other political levels). Austerity is the way you accomplish the goal of shrinking gov't. Starve every dept until they collapse and/or must privatise.
I don't believe he's that complicated of a guy. Gov't = bad, everything should be market-driven.
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That part can't be stressed enough. I don't think everyone realises how much of an obstacle rather than asset the government is to getting things done.
Hell, ask any businessman/woman.
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Originally Posted by Lars65
For a five year problem specifically? Simpler math says they've been at least as responsible for 6 months. I know, 'apologist'.
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How many years was the NDP in power? Over and out.