tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post4458057368086060450..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: A Brief Moment Of ClaritySteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1520359201818551572012-05-16T19:48:56.797-04:002012-05-16T19:48:56.797-04:00The income tax cut following the increased carbon ...The income tax cut following the increased carbon tax was not believable to a skeptical public. Dion should have promised that the income tax cut would occur a couple of years before the carbon tax was (slowly) implemented. We've been fucking around for at least 20 years on it, so a few years would make no difference. Instead, you get nothing.<br /><br />To be honest, I don't think the problem is solvable by any reasonable policy at this point.Möbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851148006420274055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-29898559379027368432012-05-15T20:37:07.468-04:002012-05-15T20:37:07.468-04:00The situation is crap. You'd expect an organiz...The situation is crap. You'd expect an organization like the NRTEE to give you their honest opinion. The government's not bound to take it, so, why punish the organization for drafting a position by destroying it? I'd rather a government take in as much information as possible -- things they agree and things they disagree with -- than to try and shape a debate in the manner the Conservatives are doing. <br /><br /><i>I take it that the Libs will now run on a policy of increased carbon taxes.</i><br /><br />Sure. Hey, let's double the current federal carbon tax. 0 X 2 is.... ;) <br /><br />Armchair quarterbacking the 2008 campaign, I thought they emphasis should have been placed on the income tax cut. The income tax cut was absolutely underplayed.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-47500505437045520792012-05-15T19:34:06.787-04:002012-05-15T19:34:06.787-04:00I take it that the Libs will now run on a policy o...I take it that the Libs will now run on a policy of increased carbon taxes.<br /><br />The problem is that the most reasonable and logical scheme (remember Dion?) has already been rejected by the populace.<br /><br />I suspect that no party can win running on such a slate, given the level of denialism and scientific illiteracy. Chretien was not a stupid person, despite his other faults.Möbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851148006420274055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-88455516408216232152012-05-15T16:09:55.878-04:002012-05-15T16:09:55.878-04:00It's a great trump card. Anytime you don'...It's a great trump card. Anytime you don't want to do anything, just claim it would hurt 'Canada's fragile economic recover.'<br /><br />In BC, we have a carbon tax. Not something anyone wants to pay, but the money has to come from somewhere; might as well be from those who use the services.weeblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591531825570909900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-86293808963653604722012-05-15T14:37:56.860-04:002012-05-15T14:37:56.860-04:00Well then, if Harper is running riot against democ...Well then, if Harper is running riot against democracy can we make a citizens' arrest because of the mask he is wearing?Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-6657432951870419972012-05-15T10:51:51.316-04:002012-05-15T10:51:51.316-04:00"Harper never worked a day in his life as an ..."Harper never worked a day in his life as an actual economist"<br /><br />Luckily the banking system and surplus he inherited were there to mask this reality.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-19306192059517755292012-05-15T09:51:52.251-04:002012-05-15T09:51:52.251-04:00Jerry, you forgot to mention it took Harper two at...Jerry, you forgot to mention it took Harper two attempts until he got that lowly masters. Also it was from the UofC, which is more a political hackery degree than one of economics. And yes, Harper never worked a day in his life as an actual economist... which is why he knows better than all those elitist PhD library-lovin' latte-sippin' actual economists.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-27664181165450968392012-05-15T08:48:50.416-04:002012-05-15T08:48:50.416-04:00140 of Canada's top economist signed a letter ...140 of Canada's top economist signed a letter to the electorate during the 2008 election extolling the virtues of the carbon tax, so who knows better, the PM with the master's degree in economics or people who actually work in economics for a living? Harper, just enough knowledge to be stupid.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.com