maplesyrup Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 This is a very intriguing proposal which I'm sure will garner a lot of support Clement plan: No tax for young Conservative candidate would base system on lifetime income - with first $250,000 free Tom Blackwell, with files from Jonathan Chevreau National Post February 10, 2004 http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpos...dd-e213c7bbba43 'Young Canadians would not pay a cent of tax until their lifetime income reaches $250,000 under a "radical" overhaul of the income tax system to be proposed today by Tony Clement, the Conservative leadership candidate. Mr. Clement said yesterday he would make the system flatter and simpler. For those who have earned a quarter-million dollars, tax rates would be based on their accumulated lifetime income rather than on how much they took in during a given 12 months. He billed the plan as an attack on the brain drain, saying tax-free status would convince Canadians in the first years of their careers to stay in the country rather than search out greener pastures in the United States and elsewhere. "I believe that as Conservatives, we run into a trap. The trap is that we believe in tax cuts for tax cuts' sake," the former Ontario health minister said. "But that allows our political opposition, be it NDP or Liberal, to say, 'That's tax cuts for your friends or tax cuts for the rich.' This is a tax cut for the future, for young people, giving them a head start in life." Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Pellaken Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 if he promises not to over-turn gay marriage, aborition, or any other logical issues, I might be tempted... Quote
Rob1963 Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 sounds like one of Scott Brison's proposals during his leadership campaign. Quote
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