Our minority Liberal government has brought down their first budget and they've drawn their line in the sand. The biggest sticking point with the other parties is the income tax reductions of 950 million dollars, 700 million of which comes from the federal government to fix the fiscal imbalance. Don't get me wrong, I don't like paying taxes anymore than the next man, but it seems a tad illogical to go crying to Ottawa that there is a fiscal imbalance, that the provinces need more money for programs and health care and then turn around and give the money out as a tax break. I may be cynical, (which I am, as Jazz can attest) but it seems that they are:- provoking the other parties to vote against the bill so the onus of another election will be theirs.
- painting the other parties as the ones who are taking money from the tax payers.
- buying off the tax payers with their own money.
** UPDATE: Both opposition parties have said that they'll vote against the budget, so our friend Charest has a choice, change the budget (humiliating to say the least) or go for the election... rumours have it that it'll be July 9th... what a waste of time and money.
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Bunch of farking clowns....
And if they do get rid of the tax cuts because the opposition asks for it, at the next election, the opposition will say, "See, the libs didn't give y'all any tax cuts" conveniently forgetting that it's because of them.
Just what we need, spending another $70M for another election.
I'm moving to Alberta
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