XPost: can.politics, can.general, soc.culture.canada   
   From: {~_~}@nyet.ca   
      
   On 3/19/2014 4:49 PM, John wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
      
   Just one correction . . .  Harper DOESN'T have a law degree.  He just   
   acts like an arrogant, bully lawyer.   
      
      
   >> 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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