So, after weeks of sniffing around Ignatieff and going through his trash, desperate to find something to attack him on, the Opposition finally caught him saying that he'd consider raising taxes in order to break us out of deficit.
Harper and the blue crew practically kills themselves, trying to blurt out as many incredulous-sounding phrases, condemning this horrific turn of events. Even Jack Layton, even more desperate for an edge to save his drowning party, says that tax hikes are the "wrong approach" to eliminating deficits.
So, umm...can anybody tell me what the problem here is?
First off, Harper is the last person who should be criticizing Ignatieff for trying to come up with ideas, considering his idiotic financial planning (read: GST cut) helped to get us into this mess to begin with. Secondly, Jack Layton can try and paint a pretty picture all he wants, because Canadians know nobody will ever actually elect his party to Government.
I think Michael said it best when he said:
No honest politician, faced with an $80-billion deficit, will take anything
off the table because Canadians do not want, they're allergic to, long-term
structural deficits
I found it interesting that it took mentioning increasing taxes to bring Jack Layton out of hiding.
ReplyDeleteEven more interesting is that a Liberal blogger would avoid quoting the details of what Layton actually said ...
ReplyDelete"NDP Leader Jack Layton said the way to deal with the deficit is to invest in education and innovation. A more educated work force will build the economy, he said, and increase revenues for the government.
'I saw it as an old approach rather than the new thinking that we need,' Mr. Layton said."