tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post4630509210100829690..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Tax Fairness: A Doubtful ProspectLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-15981086387941725942016-07-04T08:27:51.461-04:002016-07-04T08:27:51.461-04:00I just read the story about airport privatization ...I just read the story about airport privatization in today's (Monday's) Star, Pamela. It seems he is taking a page out of Kathleen Wynne's playbook here.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-88761197737261142922016-07-03T21:05:53.239-04:002016-07-03T21:05:53.239-04:00I don't think Trudeau embraced austerity Lorne...I don't think Trudeau embraced austerity Lorne. Because he is not going to balance the budget for a number of years, does not mean he rejected austerity . He is a neoliberal and neoliberal policy cannot be implemented without austerity. The most recent gambit is talk about selling and privatizing The Pearson Airport so the Gov. can get more money for infrastructure.Bets that we get militarily involved with NATO in Eastern Europe against Russia.We ain't seen nothing yet. Trudeau can turn on a dime.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-68903920365521779042016-07-03T15:21:18.755-04:002016-07-03T15:21:18.755-04:00I am drawing that tentative conclusion from a coup...I am drawing that tentative conclusion from a couple of troubling indicators, Anon. One, there has been no government expression of opposition to the CRA's policy of shielding the identify of corporate tax dodgers (usually they are allowed to pay their back taxes in anonymity, as opposed to the small taxpayer being named and shamed on the CRA website) and two, Trudeau is a big enthusiast of free trade deals whose main benefits accrue to corporations, not ordinary Canadians. As well, during the campaign, he talked about tax fairness but not a word about increasing tax rates for corporations. Indeed, in May of 2015 he even opined about lowering those rates if Americans do so. All signs point to a man quite disposed to continuing the absurdly favourable treatment business currently enjoys.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-37430968203603264542016-07-03T14:23:06.022-04:002016-07-03T14:23:06.022-04:00You never miss a chance to attack Justin Trudeau d...You never miss a chance to attack Justin Trudeau do you? None of the people in the letters say anything about Trudeau so where are you getting that from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com