Obama wants to push the so called compromise of extending the payroll tax cuts by another 2 years. If this is considered a compromise it a joke. Because first both sides for the most part agree with the idea, but yet there was still a lot of fighting over the
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I told you so
For years, this corner has described the growth of spending (a.k.a. Williams popularity subsidization) over the past eight years by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as quite simply unsustainable. Up to now, Tories (and others) have disagreed with that assessment. Fair enough. Judging by the last quote in this
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Harper’s Secret Taxes!
After Harper said he would like the provinces to pay half for his new (billion dollar) Prison system in which he intends to increase crime and reduce justice, Ontario and Quebec are screaming all the way to the parliament building saying NO! Harper doesn’t care for his budget it’s in deficit and
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Rob Ford’s Budget Con Job – "a giant scam being perpetrated on the citizens of Toronto."
The Grid TO | Budget 2012: Rob Ford’s sleight of hand If Rob Ford hadn’t cut or cancelled all those taxes, we’d have enough to cover the entire budget hole without eliminating a single bus route, library hour or arts grant, without laying off a single staff member, and without
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: What Super Committee?
It seems the so called committee that was going to save the U.S deficit crisis (yeah right) ended up doing nothing. And those so called triggers that would have come into effect in order to force politicians to work together was a big joke apparently, because since most automatic spending cuts
Continue readingHellberta: November mid-month round-up: Occupy dies, the New World Order is born, the revolution begins
The Occupy movement is dead. Seriously. In it’s place however is the new American revolution. They look similar, and the new American revolution is still calling itself Occupy, but they are very different. I’ll point out this difference for you in a very simple contrast of thought:1) Occupy: When it
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Wow I Was Right!
I stated just a few post’s ago that the Conservative would reduce their budget targets. Now This time around Jim Flaherty thinks he has a good case. Saying the economy isn’t good and the budget is going to suffer. True, but why didn’t you kno…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: What Waste!
The Conservatives are planning to eliminate the long gun registry very soon. ironic enough the public safety minister Vic Toews is saying that he is proud his government is eliminating the long gun registry. It’s ironic that the min…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 17, 2011
Monday, October 17 saw the Cons cut off debate on second reading of their budget bill. Not surprisingly, the day thus focused in large part on the economy – including some noteworthy pushback against the brand the Cons have spent hundreds of millions o…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: 9-9-9 plan means MORE TAXES!
A new study shows what the 9-9-9 plan actually does. This study shows who will benefit and who will not benefit in this tax plan. Under the current policy there is no sales tax. Under this plan there will be a 9% G.S.T , but s…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 6, 2011
On a personal note, October 6 saw the first question period that I’ll be able to blog about after seeing in person – as well as the first time I’ve heard of question period leading with an event I’ve attended. But the more important development was the…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Cains 9-9-9 plan
I decided to refute Cains 9-9-9 plan considering he is apparently now a rising star. Mr Cain has been screaming about 9-9-9 for quite some time , but is it really going to do what he says it does. First let’s see the logic behind it. Cain wou…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 3, 2011
Monday, October 3 saw another day dedicated largely to debate of the Cons’ anti-refugee bill. The Big IssueAs might be expected after several days of debate, the Cons’ single set of poorly-reasoned talking points was beginning to get stale. And Kevin L…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Rick Mercer Thank You
Rick Mercer has outdone himself now. He ranted about the money the Finance minister is spending to try and cut government spending. 20 million dollars to find out how to cut spending. 90,000 dollars a day!
Rick Mercer is right …
Continue readingSpending money on patriotism initiatives isn’t a bad idea, but Tories are doing it half-assed
There are many things that the conservative Harper government is currently doing that get on my nerves. The introduction of the word Royal ahead of the term Canadian Forces, now known as the Royal Canadian Forces, was a bit of a stretch, but hey, we can let this one slide
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: What Cuts?
The Conservatives are planning to find 4 billion in permanent cuts to try and balance the budget. The Only problem is do we see these cuts in the deficit? No the way this government works with finances the deficit isn’t going to get better. First the C…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Canada #1
Canada was proclaimed #1 place for business in the world by Forbes. It mentions how Canada has faced the recession very well compared to the U.S and Europe. This of course thanks to the regulations the Liberals put on companies to make sure they would …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On labelling
Aaron Wherry has noted that one Stephen Harper answer that struck me as shocking has in fact become a regular Con economic talking point. And it’s worth noting both how inaccurate the line about an “expansionary” fiscal policy actually is, and the harm…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Oil Lobbyists Targeting “Super Committee”
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As the so-called “Super Committee” works to figure out how to trim $1.2 trillion from the U.S. government’s federal deficit, the dirty energy industry has thei…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Brian Topp highlights the fact that any shared sacrifice to address the Cons’ carefully-fabricated federal deficit needs to include those who have the most to spare:Instead of increasing revenues by cutting hig…
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