Ads that quote one's enemies completely out of context like the present batch of Conservative ads which are clearly aimed at discrediting the Liberal leader? (HT: Kady O'Malley). Par for the course -- the Karl Rove, "anyone who is against me is a traitor" course. What I do find interesting is that once again there are those who are trying to make this an all or nothing debate -- between corporate or personal tax cuts. The supply side versus the demand side.
I actually support a mix of both, provided the cuts are measured and primarily benefit small businesses as well as lower and middle income families -- the real drivers of the economy. But we've seen what happens when you take out $14 billion each and every year from the most reliable source of revenue there has been for the last twenty years -- the GST. You go from surplus to deficit in no time at all.
Surpluses may indeed be "excess revenues" as many claim, but they also allow for a gradual reduction in taxes as well as the ability to put away money for a rainy day. When you're chronically in deficit you have to slash and burn something at some point. Whatever happened to the Reformers that actually advocated fiscal prudence? I don't see any right now. And cutting taxes when you're in deficit can be self-defeating -- it makes the deficits worse.
And these be the Puritans that run Canada, too -- I thought they would have tried to avoid anything that was sexually suggestive -- you know, like, "YES, YES, YES!!!"
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