hobbyguy wrote:
Ummm...
1. Raising the GST back to 7%? Yup, some bonehead CONservative (Harper) cut it to buy votes,
Cutting out the blather that I'm not going to bother to read, I will agree that it was a bonehead move to cut the GST, just like it was a bonehead move by Chretien to say that he was going to cut the GST completely, and just like JT regarding electoral reform, totally backed away from his promise like a coward after being elected. Mulroney put in the GST, which was a good move in my view, and it should have stayed at 7%. That's $15 billion more in government revenue that we don't have now on an annual basis. I am actually surprised that the Liberals haven't raised it again. Maybe next term, if Canadians are dumb enough to give these weiners another majority.
But just raising the GST isn't enough. That $15 billion wouldn't go to the debt or deficit, Morneau and his gang would instead just continue to blow it out the door on lunacy. Giving drunken sailors more money to spend doesn't cure them of their bad habits.
2. Welfare is NOT paid out by the federal government. Welfare and its rules are determined by the provinces and territories and come out of their budgets. So that "boom" is a bust.
But if welfare spending was reduced, that would mean provincials governments would need fewer transfer payments. Especially Quebec, the welfare capital. But you knew that. So stick your bust up your boom.
3. Equalization is enshrined in the constitution (and has been since confederation). The current equalization formula is that which Stephen Harper and the CONservatives set up, and it will be continued through to 2024... and perhaps beyond. So that "boom" is a bust.
This is just nonsensical blather. Tell the provinces the cupboard is dry, and that they have to cut spending too. This isn't rocket science. So no, this "boom" is a BOOM
4. The duties of the government toward FNs is part of our constitution. And so it should be. It is not, and should not be, subject to political whim. So that "boom" is a bust.
Either you didn't bother to read what I wrote, or you don't possess the faculties to understand what I wrote. I am not saying anything about not funding FN's. It is idiotic to even suggest I would say that. Go back and read it again. Your response was a BUST.
5. Ending wind and solar subsidies. Yup, I will go along with that - put the money into safe nuclear instead. Unfortunately, that's only about $400 million per year including R&D incentives. (The lion's share of wind and solar subsidies are a provincial matter) A small dent in the deficit, not a "boom".
Who knows what the subsidies are. You sure don't. You just pulled that number right out of your Liberal-loving rectum. BOOM
6. CBC. Well, I personally don't agree with that idea,
Blah blah blah
7. Funding for climate science is pretty small potatoes. Maybe what? $40-50 million per year.
No idea. They've been "unmuzzled" now for how long? And still no big news from this gang. Once again it appears that you are just pulling numbers out of your bum.
So you are up $830 million in cuts, or the non starter GST increase.
I am at $830 million? Really? That's the number your rectum has spit out eh?
Still a loooong way from solving the deficit unless you can convince Andrew that a tax increase wins him the election.
Not so easy is it?
This is just such a silly statement, and easily one of the dumber conversations we've ever had, based on one of the dumbest precedents I've ever seen presented. If you honestly are trying to state your case that the Liberals have no choice but to spend to the levels they are without cutting anything, in a supposed BOOMING economy (thank you for that Stephen Harper) then there is never going to be any hope of our government ever being back at level of spending commensurate with their revenue intake, and we will be in perpetual free-fall as a country, on our way to being the next Venezuela. That's just poppy-cock and apologist crap by blinded partisan sheep.
without access to all of the information (are we muzzled???) we have no ability to say what should and shouldn't be cut. But if Tommy Douglas were in charge right now, you can bet that there would be massive cuts. He never ran a deficit, and he was a socialist. He'd be considered right of Jason Kenny in this day and age. There is always room for cuts. Always. Where should they be? Well that just requires some guts. And we all know, the gutless wonders we have running the country right now are never going to do it. Drunken sailor spending until we can kick them out.