ThatGuy

If I had an extra 15% in my pocket it would be going into my savings account to ride out the storm. I have nothing I want to buy with it either. I would assume many Canadians would do the same. What happens then? If you saved $150 on $1000 of purchases, are you going to quickly spend that saved $150 on something else right now?

Could very well be. But, in this particular case, those getting the greatest pleasure out of the GST cut aren't the middle-lower class. We aren't going to save enough money to fire enough back into the economy in order to 'stimulate' it. We will stimulate our savings accounts a little if anything. Who wants to save a few cents here and there while they lose their job? It would have been nicer to have the extra tax bounce to put into credit fluidity for example.

I don't think it is, but, from what you read and hear on the radio, many people do. It is unfortunate. They would much rather blame Chretien for not lowering it than Mulroney for creating it.

It all keeps coming back to Stalin when it is dealing with these Tories.

Harper lived up to his promise on that issue. My idea is that the cut did nothing more than erase some much needed stimulus. That could be in hindsight, but it is the case right now. As for poorer Canadians, if they aren't paying income tax, what are they saving per year from an across the board GST cut? We lose far more as a nation than they save. Staples aren't taxed anyway. One guy called in and said he could buy an extra case of beer a year.

Here is a good question Oleg, how much of what we hear on the radio and see in online polls is Conservative workers having a field day. It must be fun working for that party to be honest.

I got a warning once. They said my quotes were too big?

Obviously their existance is allowed, but, it is entirely within my personal domain to feel that they should not be allowed to exist in the House of Commons, a place where Canada is supposed to be the most important concept.

That isn't good enough though, especially in a federal election. They actually said we wouldn't run into deficit. We are one of the world's leading country's...or wait, maybe that is just "technically" speaking.

Good post msj. As for the earlier statements, I am not sayign that the Liberals and NDP didn't vote with the Tories once in awhile, but so did the Bloc. The CPC wasn't complaining as long as they were on the Harper Team.

In my opinion, the most terrible issue in this whole mess is that the Bloc is allowed to exist. They should be outlawed. But, since our courts do no care, and neither did anyone until now, we are kinda stuck with it.

We have already lost. The Conservatives saying that our nation's economy was just great did that. Flaherty screwed up Ontario's economy, why wouldn't he be good for Canada eh.

I will watch your back MadMax

We have a constitution for a reason, people just need to relax and turn on reruns of Happy Days.

The Liberals don't vote enough for me to be interested

p.s. NICE CAPS LOCK IN THE THREAD TITLE

The fact that the Bloc matters isn't their geographic location, it is the fact that Quebec has so many people. Blame representation by population. As for stating that we have three party leaders deserving of a jail cell, that seems like you are taking a page out of Stalin's playbook. Surely that is more anti-neocon than anything anyone else has said in the past week?

In my opinion, it was a horrible ecnomic decision. Other than to gain votes, there is virtually no benefit to the country in cutting a consumption tax, especially at a point in time where it was vitally necessry. Billions were removed from the coffers. Many people will argue that we are overtaxed and that is a Liberal creation, but, wouldn't the economy have had a better impact from a small slice to income tax? When it comes to consumption taxes like the GST, those with the most money to spend would see a bump in savings. Well, when on one is willing to spend, how exactly does it help? I mean, I could care less if my Tim Horton's cup of coffee cost me 2-3 more cents.

Accord? Just look to the voting records over the past minority government's tenure.

Depending on how it plays out, it could actually be Harper.

It could tear them apart again.

For a government that relied heavily on the Bloc for the past two years, they have lost the plot.

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/power-play/#clip117957 You couldn't make it up. Flaherty is nuts. Scroll through to 7 minutes and watch away.

Civil war,

At least 18 months.