tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post113744323277536340..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: The Prospect of a Conservative Government in CanadaThe Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137506624669010272006-01-17T09:03:00.000-05:002006-01-17T09:03:00.000-05:00Good points, both. Actually, under the Liberals, ...Good points, both. Actually, under the Liberals, we have been running federal surpluses for years and have even been paying down the national debt, if somewhat too slowly for my liking. We do, however, still have a bloated federal bureaucracy and the Liberals like to treat the federal coffers as their own personal piggy bank.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137471161577447222006-01-16T23:12:00.000-05:002006-01-16T23:12:00.000-05:00It would be great if their first official act was ...It would be great if their first official act was to lower all Canada's taxes to a flat 8.33%, freeze gov't hiring and start a plan to phase out all taxes on production, along with redundant bureaucracies that deal with anything the Provinces already cover.<BR/>You'd probably have a federal gov't that was actually back in the black again...Unlike these United States!<BR/>Of course, after they're elected is when you'll find out whether or not they're actually "Conservative" or not. Here in the States, we've long since discovered "Conservative" means liberalism-<EM>"lite"</EM>.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-1137452808993200132006-01-16T18:06:00.000-05:002006-01-16T18:06:00.000-05:00They could always institute the Fair Tax proposal ...They could always institute the Fair Tax proposal of Neal Boortz and John Linder: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060875410/qid=1122253455/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-0136465-7895174?n=507846&s=books&v=glance" REL="nofollow">link</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>That should certainly keep the NDP and Liberals at bay for a while.Feynman and Coulter's Love Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129851946309441082noreply@blogger.com