Scarier of Two Evils

What's worse than a "tax and spend" liberal? How about a tax-cut and spend Conservative!

Prisons, Planes, and Post-signs - these are the things the Canadian taxpayer is going to be paying for in the next budget. And, as usual, there's got to be a tax out there that needs to be cut. While in the US, Obama is having a heck of a time getting rid of the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans; the Canadian government is eager to allow the Chretien-era corporate taxes expire in order to "keep Canada competitive." It is our spirit of competition that the CPC is keen on promoting because that's what makes Canada economically sound - that is, unless you're a Australian potash company.

We'll hear a lot about "the coalition" and those "tax and spend" Liberals. But let's keep in mind that we have one of the largest governments ever (at 38 ministers - only Mulroney had more, 40, but then again he also had a majority) that cuts consumption taxes, spends down surplus', rejects foreign investment for political expediency, and has racked up the largest deficit in Canadian history.

Never mind that Chretien and finance minister Paul Martin eliminated a $40 billion dollar deficit and organized a $13 billion dollar surplus in 10 years. Never mind that that surplus was eliminated in two years by Harper because Canadians were "overtaxed." Now we're being taxed the proper amount (save for corporations, but that adjustment is coming soon) and we're spending billions on prisons while our crime rate is falling and new fighter jets right after we've decided not to conduct combat missions overseas anymore. And, go figure, after all their tax adjustments and spending initiatives, we're in the red.

Tax-cut and Spend Conservatives: we knew after the PC/CA merger that the "socially progressive" wing would be suffocated to death; but who thought that they would also terminate any hint of fiscal conservatism too?