XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: pepper@mega.ca   
      
   > pepper@mega.ca wrote:   
   >> Bloody scary, isn't it - that a country which was able to claim   
   >> security financially, the ability to send its kids on to higher   
   >> education without question, and to purchase their own homes, is now   
   >> worried about how they're going to pay the rent, how they're going to   
   >> get enough for clothes or braces for their kids, and where they're   
   >> going to end up living in their old age?   
   >> Elect enough right wing governments that put corporate profits and   
   >> supporting powerful lobby groups above the needs of the average   
   >> Canadian - and you get the disaster that is quickly becoming Canada. We need   
   >> corporate-friendly governments all across Canada to be gone. That means   
   British   
   >> Columbia, Alberta, and many times, Quebec.  And   
   >> no, I didn't forget the most important jurisdiction:  Ottawa.   
      
   "Commentator"  wrote   
   > And if we never elect what you call "corporate-friendly governments", all we   
   are left   
   > with is a further descnt into socialism.  How do you think THAT is going to   
   result in a   
   > lower tax bill?   
      
   In British Columbia, we had balanced budgets and lower taxes when the NDP were   
   in power.   
   You don't scare ME with your "further descnt into socialism" bull.  The   
   descent has always   
   been because of rightwing governments and their abuses - whether it's tax   
   breaks or   
   bailouts of the richest - or defending themselves in courts on our dime when   
   they're found   
   out to have taken money in brown envelopes.   
      
   Canadians have to start realizing you don't elect governments who favour the   
   rich and   
   powerful and then expect them to give the average taxpayer a break.   
      
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