XPost: can.politics, can.general, soc.culture.canada   
   From: j@j.j   
      
   Pardon me!!  I didn't realize he was only faking it - makes it even worse!!   
      
   "{~_~}" <{~_~}@nyet.ca> wrote in message   
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   > 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!   
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   >   
   > 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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