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Conservative Budget: In Laymans Terms
This is my take, without any rambling...
If it is likely that you voted for the Conservative's in the last election or that you would be likely to switch your vote to Conservative next-time around, then you will benefit somewhat from this budget. (normally, the middle-class to rich, and corporations).
If it is unlikely that you voted for the Conservative's in this budget, or that you will switch your vote to Conservative then you will NOT benefit from this budget. (if you're poor, you're income tax just went up by .5%, my friend).
If your province (namely, Quebec) is likely to help win a Conservative majority next time around, you will receive special treatment from the Conservative government.
In summary, Harper is a "strategist", and everything he will do until he has his majority is considered only in terms of politcal gain, not in terms of what will be best for the country in the future.
Don't be fooled...
Conservative Budget: In Laymans Terms
This is my take, without any rambling...
If it is likely that you voted for the Conservative's in the last election or that you would be likely to switch your vote to Conservative next-time around, then you will benefit somewhat from this budget. (normally, the middle-class to rich, and corporations).
If it is unlikely that you voted for the Conservative's in this budget, or that you will switch your vote to Conservative then you will NOT benefit from this budget. (if you're poor, you're income tax just went up by .5%, my friend).
If your province (namely, Quebec) is likely to help win a Conservative majority next time around, you will receive special treatment from the Conservative government.
In summary, Harper is a "strategist", and everything he will do until he has his majority is considered only in terms of politcal gain, not in terms of what will be best for the country in the future.
Don't be fooled...
posted by TB at 10:06 PM
2 Comments:
If your province shuts out every federal party except for the Conservatives (Alberta) or ALMOST every other federal party (Saskatchewan) you will be mildly thanked in the form of more inclusion into the political process by the electoral/senate reform we have been begging for, for years.
Wait a minute...
You're aboslutely right TB, if you have something to help Harper win the next election you will be favoured. It's the same strategy that the Liberals pulled between the '93 and '97 elections (reffer to Adscam). Except back then the eletorate had the option between corruption and the right-wing, they had the Progressive Conservative party. Thanks to Harper and Co. they almost got away with it.
I'm sure that all of us within the "Progressive Canadian Blogosphere" hope to offer this Progressive Conservative choice again soon.
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