Reflections, Observations, and Analyses Pertaining to the Canadian Political Scene
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
A Harper Dynasty?
That's what the leaden-tongued Finance Minister seemed to be suggesting last night in discussing his budget. Either that, or the message was "Screw future generations."
It does suggest that people, and especially Seniors, who support the Harper Party are willing to steal from their grandkids, and our grandkids, to pay for their tax cuts.
This, however, seems to be the culture, or values, of the diehard Cons supporter .... irresponsibility, selfishness ..... they apparently want their own jollies now and have no problems with others, including their own grandkids, paying for them.
But don't ever ask them to take responsibility and pay for their own jollies themselves. They will brand you a communist or a Liberal.
As I am fond of saying, many Cons likely believe that the only good tax is the tax his/her neighbor is paying. Remember that Sarah Palin had admitted that her father used to drive them to Canada for their healthcare needs because there was no universal healthcare in Alaska when she was growing up? You'd think that with such a personal experience, she would be one of the strongest supporters of Obamacare instead of opposing it.
It does suggest that she had no problems with Canadians paying for their family's healthcare but strongly opposed Obamacare because she and other Americans have to pay for it.
Palin illustrates my point above about Cons culture/values, doesn't it?
It illustrates it very well, Anon. The hypocrisy of the extreme right-wing knows few bounds, and for Canadians, it really boils down to a question of whether or not they are willing to be cynically exploited by neocon propaganda, doesn't it?
Perhaps Ben is a perfectly nice young man, Brian. It is a shame he has been dragged into this by a witless Finance Minster and an ideologically-driven father.
My niece and nephew met and talked with Ben Harper at a hockey game near Ottawa, and they told me that he seems to be a decent and genuine person. Not one of us should ever judge him or his being Canadian unless he proves otherwise.
Oliver dismissed Amanda Lang's faux concern over future deprivations of tax revenue for one reason and one reason only: that' exactly what the "Fuck the Poor" Cons of Stephen Harper are working for - achieving Grover Norquist's of reducing government to a size that it can be drowned in a bathtub, a new Feudalism. The only goals these treasonous bastards have in mind is to sell off Canada one resource at a time to the plutocracy while reduce the rest of us to a closely monitored precariat class that's kept on a very short leash. Universal healthcare, education, infrastructure, pensions, the environment, consumer protection - all of it be damned. We are at the mercy of sociopaths who don't give a blind fuck about humanity outside their incestuous circle of Ayn Rand-ian ideologues. If things continue in this graveyard spiral that these goons have laid out before us there'll be nothing to recover with by 2080...
You've rendered, I think, an accurate analysis of our overlords, Neil. The question is, will enough Canadians understand this reality before the next election?
Keep a close eye on the budget implementation omnibus bill for hidden clauses making the role of PM hereditary!
ReplyDeleteThey have become quite adept, haven't they, at hiding their agenda in omnibus bills?
DeleteIt does suggest that people, and especially Seniors, who support the Harper Party are willing to steal from their grandkids, and our grandkids, to pay for their tax cuts.
ReplyDeleteThis, however, seems to be the culture, or values, of the diehard Cons supporter .... irresponsibility, selfishness ..... they apparently want their own jollies now and have no problems with others, including their own grandkids, paying for them.
But don't ever ask them to take responsibility and pay for their own jollies themselves. They will brand you a communist or a Liberal.
As I am fond of saying, many Cons likely believe that the only good tax is the tax his/her neighbor is paying. Remember that Sarah Palin had admitted that her father used to drive them to Canada for their healthcare needs because there was no universal healthcare in Alaska when she was growing up? You'd think that with such a personal experience, she would be one of the strongest supporters of Obamacare instead of opposing it.
It does suggest that she had no problems with Canadians paying for their family's healthcare but strongly opposed Obamacare because she and other Americans have to pay for it.
Palin illustrates my point above about Cons culture/values, doesn't it?
It illustrates it very well, Anon. The hypocrisy of the extreme right-wing knows few bounds, and for Canadians, it really boils down to a question of whether or not they are willing to be cynically exploited by neocon propaganda, doesn't it?
DeleteCould be both. Maybe we should get Ben Harper's opinion about what he thinks his child will want to do to fix the problem his dad created.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Ben is a perfectly nice young man, Brian. It is a shame he has been dragged into this by a witless Finance Minster and an ideologically-driven father.
DeleteMy niece and nephew met and talked with Ben Harper at a hockey game near Ottawa, and they told me that he seems to be a decent and genuine person. Not one of us should ever judge him or his being Canadian unless he proves otherwise.
DeletePoint well-taken, Anon. He should not be saddled with the sins of his father.
DeleteThis from a greaseball whose party inherited a government with a budget surplus and a full treasury.
ReplyDeleteOne wonders how many remember that fact, Mound.
DeleteFor amyone whose interested. Michael Harris is being interviewed tonight on the agenda, Brent Rathgerber was interviewed first. Great watch.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I missed that, Pamela. I will have to check it out on TVO's website.
DeleteOliver dismissed Amanda Lang's faux concern over future deprivations of tax revenue for one reason and one reason only: that' exactly what the "Fuck the Poor" Cons of Stephen Harper are working for - achieving Grover Norquist's of reducing government to a size that it can be drowned in a bathtub, a new Feudalism. The only goals these treasonous bastards have in mind is to sell off Canada one resource at a time to the plutocracy while reduce the rest of us to a closely monitored precariat class that's kept on a very short leash. Universal healthcare, education, infrastructure, pensions, the environment, consumer protection - all of it be damned. We are at the mercy of sociopaths who don't give a blind fuck about humanity outside their incestuous circle of Ayn Rand-ian ideologues. If things continue in this graveyard spiral that these goons have laid out before us there'll be nothing to recover with by 2080...
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You've rendered, I think, an accurate analysis of our overlords, Neil. The question is, will enough Canadians understand this reality before the next election?
DeleteSince when did the Royal Bank board start coating their members in ruby red lipstick?
ReplyDeleteProbably about the same time that Lang's mask as an objective business reporter started to slip, Anon.
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