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   From: j@j.j   
      
   We are doomed as Canadians - the wealthy barons and peon peasants is what   
   Harper wants - he is just a damned filthy stinkin rich lawyer anyway -   
   doesn't have a clue what real people live like here. I don't know anyone who   
   makes anywhere near as much annual income as the supposed "average" - that   
   is all a crock of shit and FUD spin, I don't beleive any of it at all,   
   nothing of any real meaning comes out his mouth - nor that of Christy Clark   
   either - she is as much of a snake as any other politician/lawyer/banker.   
   Christ warned us of that, He dealt with the same issue!   
      
   "{~_~}" <{~_~}@nyet.ca> wrote in message   
   news:B4oWu.51775$jO2.8029@fx06.iad...   
   >>> On 3/18/2014 4:17 PM, John wrote:   
   >>>> This we knew all along - we are getting screwed by harper and his   
   >>>> cronies.   
   >>>> Bend over for the big shaft! I'd get flagged by all the computer   
   >>>> surveilance   
   >>>> if I said what I really thought about harpers g*st*p*   
   >   
   >> "{~_~}" <{~_~}@nyet.ca> wrote in message   
   >>> Don't be afraid to speak up against Harper's regime.  There's a whole   
   >>> lot   
   >>> more of us than there is them.   
   >>> And unless you're a foreigner under a working permit, you will still   
   >>> have   
   >>> a vote in the next election.   
   >   
   >   
   > On 3/19/2014 2:22 PM, John wrote:   
   >> All I can say is that I didn't vote for him, and no one I know will admit   
   >> to   
   >> voting for him it they did. I think Laherty knew that it is nearing the   
   >> end   
   >> for Harper and he (Laherty) doesn't want to get caught up in the biggest   
   >> scandal in Canadian history - orders of magnitude bigger than this senate   
   >> kafuffle.   
   >   
   > I'm guessing something else happened that pushed Flaherty to quit:   
   > He had decided that 'income splitting' was not a good thing to introduce   
   > as part of the last Budget.   
   > He had decided that it would be costing the Canadian economy over $5   
   > Billion a year in lost revenue and he would have had a helluva time   
   > bringing in a 'balanced budget' in time for the next federal election.   
   >   
   > Harper saw it differently:  He saw it as the breaking of a promise that HE   
   > had made prior to achieving a majority government and he likely got a   
   > whole lot of emails and pressure from the well-heeled who wanted a break   
   > from taxes - just like the corporations.   
   >   
   > Harper would have fought with Flaherty over this.  Flaherty: concern for   
   > economy and balanced budget.  Harper: concern about flak over his broken   
   > promise - and flak from the higher-income brackets.  By muscling Flaherty   
   > and effectively forcing him to quit, Harper can now get his flunky Joe   
   > Oliver to reintroduce the 'income splitting' promise as legislation --   
   > damn the torpedos!  If the Harper gang is NOT re-elected, it would be a   
   > millstone for the incoming government to carry.  $5 Billion a year is no   
   > joke as a loss.  And especially when you consider which layer of wage   
   > earners would be benefiting.   
   >   
   > Watch for it:  income-splitting from the idiot Joe Oliver.   
   >   
      
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