Two points in one post.
1) Jim Flaherty seems to have have amnesia about the fact he was once Ontario's Finance Minister; and it was during his time in that job, about two years, that he put in some very damaging policies including tax credits for private schools and trying to make homelessness "illegal," two things which almost drove Elizabeth Witmer out of the provincial Con party. He also supported the stupid proposal to make mortgage interest tax-deductible against Ontario taxes, which policy had it been sustained would have made the relatively minor sub-prime crisis here as big as if not worse than in the States. And now he wants to lecture Ontario about how to run this province, from Ottawa? Sorry, pal. You had your chance and you screwed it royal. I agree corporate taxes should be cut, but I trust Dalton McGuinty on the appropriate timing for this one.
2) It was a few days ago, but I felt I had to comment about Jim Carville comparing Bill Richardson to Judas Iscariot, and on Good Friday of all days. I am usually reluctant to criticize a fellow Catholic, but I have to speak out on this. The allegory is entirely inappropriate, and Carville made it even worse last night on Anderson Cooper's show. Richardson didn't need Bill and Hillary Clinton's help to become Governor of New Mexico, he did quite fine on his own merits. And it's not like Richardson left the donkey to join the elephant. If he had, then the Judas comment might pass muster. Clinton and Carville should look themselves in the mirror and ask why they're trying to help John McCain and not debate the issues with Barack Obama until there is actually a winner.
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